Cartesiano Lord
Enquanto esta instituicao, um Senado nao eleito, nao for democratizado, havera sempre um problema grave sobre a sua legitimidade.
Ja vai sendo tempo da Inglaterra se democratizar e por termo a essa instituicao anacronica da Idade Media. A Infantaria ja nao anda a pe e a cavalaria anda em avioes a jacto.
Tem tambem de comecar a medir as pessoas em metros e nao aos pes e as polegadas, e de pesar as pessoas em Kilos e nao com pedras. (1 Stone= 6 kilos roughly), (1 pe=30 cm roughly), (1 polegada = 2,5 cm roughly).
So falta falta medir o tempo as Luas Novas, Velhas, Quartos Minguantes e Crescentes). (Quantos anos tem? 25 Luas Cheias e 50 quartos Crescentes).
Vai levar tempo a metrificar a cabecas dessa gente. Que seca! Lol! Lol!
17 December 2013 Last updated at 05:26
Members of the House of Lords can claim a £300 daily allowance for attending a sitting at Parliament
'Half of Lords' clock in to claim expenses
Members of the House of Lords can claim a £300 daily allowance for attending a sitting at Parliament
Half the members of the House of Lords clock in and out of Parliament for a few minutes a day in order to claim a £300 daily attendance allowance, a former Conservative peer has said.
Lord Hanningfield made the claim when challenged to explain his own attendance record.
The Daily Mirror alleges on 11 of 19 occasions he attended the Lords in July he spent less than 40 minutes there.
There is no suggestion the peer broke any rules.
Members of the House of Lords are not paid a salary but can claim a daily allowance of £300 if they attend a sitting.
Lord Hanningfield claimed £5,700 in total for his 19 days of attendance during July.
The Mirror claims his shortest attendance at Parliament during July was 21 minutes.
There is no suggestion Lord Hanningfield broke any rules
During the month Lord Hanningfield did not speak in any debates or attend any committee hearings.
When confronted by the Mirror about the claims, Lord Hanningfield said "at least half" the Lords check in to claim expenses.
"Being a lord is not just going in the House of Lords," he said.
"Lots of peers go in and check in for their expenses, but they are using their expenses for a lot of things - entertaining, meeting people, employing people."
He said he spent half of the £300 daily fee on expenses and so did not really make any profit.
He was a full-time peer who needed the money to pay his electricity bills and buy food, he said.
Since October Lord Hanningfield has spoken twice and submitted four written questions.
The former leader of Essex County Council joined the Lords in 1998.
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