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Resounding criticism has come from all sides for this blatant effort on the part of Blair and New Labour to pack the Chamber with their supporters. There is also a question as to how accurately the new picks will accurately reflect England’s population: when the government set to the task of naming 15 “people’s peers” they sure looked to be inclusive—selecting seven people who had already been knighted and varied corporate executives...
Most argue that instead of taking this auspicious occasion to open the body to be more representative and make it more effective, the Prime Minister’s plan simply serves to remove the Conservative majority of the old House, and replace it with a Labour majority...
...Church and State—Blair instead packed the House with new Lords who will be sympathetic to his ideologies, some of whom would serve lengthy 15-year terms. Now that the Chamber has gathered support nationally, and is continuing to stand up to the powerful and popular Labour government, it is determined to disrupt Blair’s proposed reforms...
...propoganda, current activities, and contact information. Professor Brad Epps, faculty liaison for the PSLM, notes that “the students in Mass Hall were constantly connected to the internet, and it was through the internet that they galvanised support from people like the Mayor of Cambridge and various labour leaders…the internet was the context in which the protest occurred...
Finally, the people of Northern Ireland need to work to create a society of non-violence. John Hume, the recently retired leader of the moderate Catholic Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), and Trimble won the Nobel Prize in 1998 for their work for the peace agreement. Since he founded the SDLP in 1969, Hume has been consistently opposed to violence while supporting the nationalist ideals. By following his example of considering this a political struggle and not a war, the people of Northern Ireland can learn to live like Americans—at peace with fellow citizens...