Quote by Tony Benn

The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.

The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired

Summary

This quote implies that the House of Lords in the British political system is a place where retired politicians go to essentially fade away from prominent involvement in parliamentary affairs. It compares the House of Lords to Outer Mongolia, a remote and obscure location, suggesting that it holds little relevance or power in decision-making. By asserting this analogy, the quote highlights a perception of the House of Lords as a largely ceremonial and unimportant institution lacking real influence in contemporary politics.

Topics

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

We make war that we may live in peace.

We make war that we may live in peace.

I'm just a cool type of guy who's all about positives.

I'm just a cool type of guy who's all about positives.

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

Johann von Goethe

This is the test of your manhood: How much is there left in

This is the test of your manhood: How much is there left in you after you have lost everything outside of yourself?

Orison Swett Marden

I like to say, jazz music is kind of like my musical equival

I like to say, jazz music is kind of like my musical equivalent of comfort food. You know, it's always where I go back to when I just want to feel sort of grounded.

Given one well-trained physician of the highest type he will

Given one well-trained physician of the highest type he will do better work for a thousand people than ten specialists.

William James Mayo

Professionalism

When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise po

When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.

Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a

Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake.

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasu

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

A society in which adults are estranged from the world of ch

A society in which adults are estranged from the world of children, and often from their own childhood, tends to hear children's speech only as a foreign language, or as a lie. Children have been treated. as congenital fibbers, fakers and fantasisers.

Beatrix Campbell

There's nothing in the world more silent than the telephone

There's nothing in the world more silent than the telephone the morning after everybody pans your play. It won't ring from room service your mother won't be calling you. If the phone has not rung by 8 in the morning, you're dead.