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World’s most elitist election on its way for House of Lords

ELECTORAL reformers slammed the “ludicrous farce” of an upcoming hereditary peer by-election in the House of Lords.

The “vote,” which the Electoral Reform Society (ERS) described as the “most elitist in the world,” was triggered following the death of hereditary Tory peer Lord Lyell in January.

On March 21, peers will decide from a small group of aristocrats who will be able to vote on British laws for the rest of their lives — and claim eye-watering expenses of £300 per day.

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