Bench-blocking

What sounds like a quaint parkland activity is apparently the effect of long-term absenteeism by members of the House of Lords. It is reported that a number of that august body have not actually turned up to a debate for the last 20 years and ‘reformers’ now calling for a cull of the missing peers.

No-one can actually say if having a dozen or more missing from the proceeding has had any noticeable effect upon business at the Upper House or why it has taken so long for anyone to do anything about it. But as up to 100 new life peerages are expected to be created after the general election, it might be simply a matter of finding space that has prompted moves to strip the truants of their ermine.

Pass the ammunition, chaps.
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(CS)