[garinda]

In the great random lottery which decides who is currently sitting in our second chamber, there either through accident of birth, or because, crony like, they they've licked their way right to the top of the slippery poll of sycophancy, for every good one sheer luck has placed there, there are a hundred more who are complete imbeciles, and I speak as someone who's met more than my fair share of them.

In the twenty first century, in what's supposed to be a democratic society, it is a total anachronism to be ruled by people whose birth is thought to be more 'noble' than anyone else's, or by those there because they've paid the going price, either financially, or by other, less salubrious means.

It is outdated, and from the outrageous actions of some of these 'noble' men and women we've seen recently, change can't come soon enough.

The people will decide if they are fit to sit there, and the people will decide when they're not fit to be there.