DUBBED the enemies of the people for intentionally attempting to derail Brexit, the Lords continue to flout convention.
Their unconstitutional stance appears to have emboldened them as they continue to push their agenda on the Commons, rather than the other way round.
Their Lordships are expected to scrutinise legislation, not drive a coach and horses through it.
But, with the whiff of reform of the Upper House very much in the air, and a last-ditch fight against leaving the EU in play, the behaviour of many Peers is perhaps not surprising.
Of course none of this is helped by the balance of power in the Lords.
Take the Liberal Democrats, for example, who, with only 12 MPs, have nearly 100 Peers, which is entirely disproportionate.
This imbalance has allowed the Upper House to twice make us vote on their amendments that would have endangered press freedom.
These were jammed into the Data Protection Bill, despite the Government fulfilling its manifesto commitment to drop them.
The Upper House should not interfere with such commitments.
And, as I mentioned at the start, the Lords’ have repeatedly and deliberately undermined the EU Withdrawal Bill, with amendments designed for one purpose only – to keep us in the EU.
Remember, the vote to leave the EU was the largest in this country’s history.
Those MPs who fail to deliver its mandate will answer to their constituents at the next election.
In contrast, the 800 members of the House of Lords are unelected, unaccountable and have permanent tenure.
They don’t come cheap, either.
Last September, the Electoral Reform Society showed that 115 peers claimed £1.3 million between them, despite not speaking in the House for nine months.
Reform is needed and I have no doubt it will happen.