#UK: Green Party Politician Suggests 6 PM Curfew For Men To Reduce Violence

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A Green Party politician in Britain has called for all men to be subject to a 6 pm curfew to protect women and "lessen discrimination".

Green Party peer Baroness Jenny Jones made the comments in a House of Lords debate on domestic violence.

She later revealed that her proposal had received a torrent of abuse from men on Twitter:

"Since my comments about a curfew for men to keep women safe, I've had a deluge of misogynistic emails and tweets. Which rather proves my point about the problem being with men ..."

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#UK: Gov't Considers Moving House Of Lords From London To Northern England

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Moving Britain's upper house of parliament to the northern English city of York is one "of a range of things" the government is looking at to "level up" different parts of Britain, Conservative Party chairman James Cleverly said on Sunday.

In last month's national election Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservatives won a swathe of seats from Labour in the traditional northern English heartlands, securing a large majority in parliament. With a view to securing these gains, Johnson has promised to ramp up investment in the north of England, which has suffered decline with the loss of heavy industries and implementation of austerity policies since the financial crisis.

The House of Lords, Britain's unelected upper house of parliament, has the power to block laws but functions mainly as a mechanism to refine and seek revisions to laws that are enacted in the elected House of Commons

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#UK: House Of Lords Votes To Let 16 & 17-Year-Olds Vote In 2016 #EU Referendum; Cameron Defeat

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The upper house of parliament has approved a bill allowing 16 and 17-year-olds the right to vote in the 2016 referendum on whether the UK should remain in the European Union. The bill was opposed by Conservative PM David Cameron. Those 16 and 17 years old were allowed to vote in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum,

#UK: Lord Sewel Resigns From House Of Lords After Paper Releases Video Of Cocaine-Snorting With Prostitutes

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A member of the House of Lords has resigned after a paper released video allegedly showing the Labour peer, Lord Sewel, snorting cocaine with prostitutes and apparently calling Asian women "whores." He had been the House of Lords' deputy speaker and chaired the Lords privileges and conduct committee.

#UK: After Winning Nearly 4 Million Votes, UK Independence Pty May Not Get Any Appointments to Lords

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It may be 2020 before the UK Independence Party adds to its three peers in the House of Lords, said PM David Cameron, despite winning nearly 4 million voters in the recent general election. The Liberal Democrats, which were all but wiped out, could add more to their 102 peers.