Originally Posted by
Fear&Trembling
As previously explained, there are life peers and hereditary peers - the House of Lords is constituted of both types...
The Commission has non-partisan members and non-peers as well as representatives from the House of Lords of the three largest political parties.
So which group of "peers" granted the Baroness of Hand Bag the
privilege to whack anyone that offends her delicate sensibilities?
My guess is the peerage of
Self Righteous No Neck Know-It-Alls; this group also has a large contingent in the US. It is found in the form of screaming, bear can throwing Jackasses, who also feel entitled to physically/verbally "inform " cyclists of their displeasure with the sight of any cyclist "in the way."