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Closed petition Abolish hereditary British peerages
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Abolish the royal prerogative power to award peerage titles (viz: Baron/Baroness, Duke/Duchess, Earl/Countess, Viscount/Viscountess, and Marquess/Marchioness) other than pursuant to the Life Peerages Act 1958 and void any existing titles granted or recognised other than by virtue of that Act.
In the modern era it is inappropriate that a small class of individuals is afforded preferential treatment and respect by being allowed to deploy an honorific title they have not earned but simply obtained through birth. It also devalues the efforts of those granted life peerages on merit.
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