Suzanne Moore decides the House of Lords is great. I think this graf. is missing something:
What sounds like a broken alarm clock goes off to call a vote. They all creep out of their warrens and file in, and I manage to find Baroness Shirley Williams. “This place swallows legislation like other people swallow martinis,” she tells me. I want to buy Shirley a martini but, at 81, she is indefatigable, and has work to do. She is not so keen on Lords reform (which was in all three parties’ manifestos). “I’m cynical, having seen three attempts in 15 years.”
Something like the fact that she has done everything to stop the NHS Bill in her power except for voting against it.