The Daily Mail’s furious with the Lords and everyone’s making the same point

The Daily Mail isn’t happy with the House of Lords after it delivered yet another Brexit defeat on Theresa May’s government.

How unhappy is it? This much…

But it occurred to people that the Mail hasn’t always been so opposed to the Lords.

For instance, this is what the Mail said when the Lords defeated Labour’s proposals to repeal Section 28 back in 2000.

And here’s what it said when Nick Clegg’s Lib Dems tried to push through Lords reform as part of the coalition government back in 2012.

And on the same topic …

Hence there were lots of people saying things like this about today’s front page.

1.

This must be a different Daily Mail to the one that called Lords reform "irrelevant and dangerous" in 2012. pic.twitter.com/ur2uffVXsu

— Sam Freedman (@Samfr) May 9, 2018

2.

Daily Mail when the Lords are being homophobic bellends:
PRAISE BE TO THE HOMOPHOBIC BELLENDS

Daily Mail when the Lords act reasonably:
TRAITORS! PULL THE FUCKING PLUG! pic.twitter.com/psr5nqFHmQ

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) May 10, 2018

3.

Glorious contrast between tonight’s Mail splash (calling for Lords reform) and a Mail editorial from 2012 (arguing against Lords reform)

hat-tip @janemerrick23 pic.twitter.com/oh5F6zwDff

— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) May 9, 2018

4.

Daily Mail going full psycho on the Lords today having campaigned for no reform in 2012. Proof that Brexit really does drive you mad

— John Crace (@JohnJCrace) May 10, 2018

And it’s not just the Mail that was accused of hypocrisy. Try this lot on for size …

Brexiteer Tory MPs who voted against reforming the House of Lords in 2012:

Jacob Rees-Mogg
David Davis
Steve Baker
Philip Davies
Nadine Dorries
John Redwood
Bernard Jenkin
Bill Cash
Penny Mordaunt
John Whittingdale
Edward Leigh
Philip Hollobone
Andrew Bridgen
Anne Main

— Michael Deacon (@MichaelPDeacon) May 10, 2018