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  "path": "/opinion/colby-cosh-the-death-of-another-british-tradition-hereditary-peers",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-14T10:00:57.000Z",
  "site": "https://nationalpost.com",
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    "they finally became a grown-up-enough country to have their own version of the Canadian Senate",
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  "textContent": "Let us pause today and send congratulations, ironic or otherwise, to the United Kingdom. On Tuesday, they finally became a grown-up-enough country to have their own version of the Canadian Senate. The U.K. House of Lords voted to complete the sorta-kinda-democratizing reforms of Tony Blair first initiated a quarter-century ago, and to eject the last remnant of the purely hereditary peerage from the chamber. Read More",
  "title": "Colby Cosh: The death of another British tradition — hereditary peers",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-14T02:34:31.000Z"
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