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Britain Is Losing More Than Titles in the Assault on the Hereditary Peers
As experienced hereditary peers are pushed aside, Britain risks replacing independent public servants with careerist political appointees.
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Britain Is Losing More Than Titles in the Assault on the Hereditary Peers
The campaign against hereditary peers is presented as democratic progress, yet it threatens to remove some of the House of Lords’ most experienced and independent voices. From distinguished diplomats such as the Earl of Oxford and Asquith to tireless public servants like Lord Russell of Liverpool, Britain is discarding a tradition of duty and expertise in favour of an increasingly shallow political class.
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We Have Forgotten What Education Is Really For
Modern education has become obsessed with exams, careers and economic utility while neglecting the deeper purpose of learning itself. As Britain abandons classical liberal education, a generation is growing up increasingly detached from history, literature and the intellectual traditions that once sustained Western civilisation.
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MoreBritain Is Losing More Than Titles in the Assault on the Hereditary Peers
The campaign against hereditary peers is presented as democratic progress, yet it threatens to remove some of the House of Lords’ most experienced and independent voices. From distinguished diplomats such as the Earl of Oxford and Asquith to tireless public servants like Lord Russell of Liverpool, Britain is discarding a tradition of duty and expertise in favour of an increasingly shallow political class.
We Have Forgotten What Education Is Really For
Modern education has become obsessed with exams, careers and economic utility while neglecting the deeper purpose of learning itself. As Britain abandons classical liberal education, a generation is growing up increasingly detached from history, literature and the intellectual traditions that once sustained Western civilisation.