I heard about this.
The problem is that Tony Blair wants to replace the House of Lords with a Supreme full of his Cronies so it is unlikely many new lords will be made until he forces through his own plans for his Socialist Utopia.
The way I see it England has had this system for centuries and if we a re to change it then we should do it with a Prime Minister that people actually trust and we should have a referendum to decide.
And of war, and of mismanaged economies, and of corruption, and of people having more kids than they can feed. All self-inflicted.