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The Spectator's Notes

In defence of hereditary peers

27 March 2021

9:00 AM

27 March 2021

9:00 AM

As the former editor of a Sunday newspaper, I know their front pages can be rather confected. There is sometimes a shortage of news at the weekend. But I was nevertheless stunned by the front-page splash of the latest Sunday Times. ‘Revealed’, it said in red letters, ‘The truth about the peers who are born to rule’.

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