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Humanists UK
@humanists.uk

Great news. MPs should also pay attention to our campaigns: ● Remove the 26 bishops Religious office should not grant automatic voting rights in a parliamentary democracy. ● Scrap parliamentary prayers Attending prayers should not to provide speaking advantages🧵 observer.co.uk/news/politic...

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Bentley Steed
@bentleysteed.bsky.social

Can I suggest that your campaign would have far more traction if it pointed out that the 26 bishops represent the Church of England ONLY in a UK parliamentary chamber. In over 300 years, there has been no representation for the official Church of Scotland (nor Ulster and Welsh chapels)...

Humanists UK
@humanists.uk

Having 26 representatives of one denomination of one religion, wielding political power simply because they're CofE, is not representative of the country. It's also just deeply unpopular. Any modernisation of the Lords should consider ending this 14th century anachronism humanists.uk/action/get-b...

humanists.ukGet Bishops out of the LordsBishops’ automatic seats in the House of Lords are undemocratic and a threat to a tolerant and diverse UK – get them out now! The UK is alone among democratic sovereign states in having clerics vote o...
Humanists UK
@humanists.uk

Every session – whether in the Lords or Commons – starts with prayers. Peers and MPs reserve a seat with a 'prayer card'. Those who are seated are more likely to have speaking privileges. This gives unfair advantage to parliamentarians who pray. That's wrong. humanists.uk/action/parli...

humanists.ukSign our petition: Replace parliamentary prayers with inclusive time for reflectionWe're calling on the procedure committees of both Houses of Parliament to review the outdated and discriminatory 'prayers' system which the puts the views of non-religious people at a disadvantage.
Humanists UK
@humanists.uk

With a small handful of peers currently determined to filibuster the #AssistedDyingBill at any cost, momentum is building among MPs for a meaningful and thorough review of how the upper house works. humanists.uk/2026/02/06/p...

humanists.ukTAKE ACTION: Sign petition to tell the Lords not to block Assisted Dying BillSophie Blake, a 52-year-old mother with stage four breast cancer, has launched a petition calling on ‘the Government to do everything in its power to ensure that when bills are supported by MPs & the ...