http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/2917/sl-garlick Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 22 May 2026 14:34:04 -0400 Fri, 22 May 2026 14:34:04 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1096/essential-modernisation-or-excessive-meddling-labour-wakeham-and-the-lords-reforms By S.L. Garlick - Tony Blair has long been committed to the abolition of hereditary peers; the 1997 Labour Party Manifesto promised that this would happen. Labour knew that reform would be difficult and would upset many people of influence, so they took their time and waited for the right moment. When that painful moment came, the abolition of hereditary peers was revolution by stealth.There was no fanfare, and no death knell after the debate was over. Even though Blair, Baroness Jay (Leader of the House of Lords) and the like might feel this to be the right moment, the latest piece of New Labour “modernisation... Sat, 01 Jan 2000 12:00 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1096/essential-modernisation-or-excessive-meddling-labour-wakeham-and-the-lords-reforms