The Lords: Meet Britain's Unelected Politicians

My debut feature-length documentary BOOMERS is out NOW. Watch it here: https://go.nebula.tv/boomers?ref=tomnicholas Get 40% off an annual subscription to Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/tomnicholas A video about Britain's unelected politicians, and the fight over their future. Written, directed, and presented by Tom Nicholas. Filmed and edited by Georgia Burrows. Research by Jon Nash. *Chapters* 00:00 Britain's Unelected Politicians 00:48 What is the House of Lords? 03:54 How to Become a Lord 09:27 A Brief History of Britain's Second Chamber 16:08 The Hereditary Peers Bill 19:22 The Beginning of the End? 20:39 The Case Against the House of Lords 29:54 The Case For the House of Lords 37:29 What Could a Democratic Upper House Look Like? 40:29 Will it Still Be Here in 100 Years? 43:02 My Movie is Out Now! Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/tomnicholas-the-lords-why-britain-isnt-a-democracy *Bibliography* Find a bibliography for this video here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/122026000 *Blurb* Britain's Houses of Parliament are often held up as the spiritual home of modern democracy, the "mother of parliaments". But, over half of the politicians in the UK parliament aren't elected at all. The UK's "upper house", the House of Lords, although similar in some ways to the US Senate, continues to operate on a system which brings together political patronage, religious privilege, and even inherited political power. But that could be about to change. The incoming Labour Party government under Keir Starmer has promised significant reform to the House of Lords. But, how do those who sit within it feel? Join me as I venture inside the House of Parliament to ask a Baron, two Baronesses, and an Earl what they think. Support my work on Patreon at https://patreon.com/tomnicholas Twitch: http://twitch.tv/tom_nicholas Twitter: http://twitter.com/tom_nicholas Instagram: http://instagram.com/tomnicholaswtf Patreon: http://patreon.com/tomnicholas Website: http://www.tomnicholas.com Select footage courtesy of Getty Music from Epidemic Sound