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Baroness Meyer faces suspension over offensive racial remark - BBC News

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Baroness Meyer faces suspension over offensive racial remark - BBC News

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UK Politics · 1 month ago

Baroness Meyer faces suspension over offensive racial remark

Baroness Meyer called a fellow peer of Indian origin "Lord Poppadom," an investigation finds.

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In her case, baroness is the title she got when appointed to that house.

Which is precisely the medieval shit I was referring to.
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  OK, I misunderstood you. Would calling them “senator” be better?
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    If it was an electable Senate with for example the same representation for Scotland and Wales as it was for England, yes.

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