Monckton Sent "Cease and Desist" Letter by the House of Lords

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The Guardian reports that UK parliament recently published a letter ordering Lord Christopher Monckton to โ€œdesistโ€ from claiming to be a member of the House ofย Lords.ย 

This is following Monckton’s interview with Australian Radio earlier this month. When ABC Sydney’s Adam Spencer asked whether Monckton was a member, Monckton answered โ€œyes, but without the right to sit or vote,โ€ and later repeated clearly โ€œI am a Member of theย House.โ€

Clerk of Parliaments David Beamish sent the letter to Monckton last Friday, declaring โ€œyou are not and have never been a Member of the House of Lords. Your assertion that you are a Member, but without the right to sit or vote, is a contradiction inย terms.โ€

Beamish concludes the letter asย follows:

I must therefore again ask that you desist from claiming to be a Member of the House of Lords, either directly or by implication, and also that you desist from claiming to be a Member โ€œwithout the right to sit orย voteโ€.

I am publishing this letter on the parliamentary website so that anybody who wishes to check whether you are a Member of the House of Lords can view this official confirmation that you areย not.

David Beamish
Clerk of theย Parliaments

According to the letter, this will be the third time that the House of Lords has asked Monckton to decist from his claim. Sir Michael Pownall wrote to Monckton twice in July 2010 with a similarย request.

Monckton is no stranger to controversy. He recently apologized for comparing the Australian Climate Advisor to a Nazi. This has created challenges for Monckton’s lecture tour in Australia, where university students recently petitioned to stop Monckton’s lecture at the University of Notre Dame.ย ย 

According to the Guardian, Monckton may also face prosecution by the Buckingham Palace for his misuse of the portcullis emblemโ€”the official emblem of the House of Lords and property of the Queen. Monckton has been known to use a slightly modified version in his global warmingย presentations.

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