In some kind of inverse sort of way, surely it must be an "honour" not to be admitted to the House of Lords? Why should it be naturally expected that because you are elected to be an MP and have the honour to sit in Parliament representing your constituents, you should in some way, in time, progress to the H of L? And just look at the kind of company you find there. Failed former members of parliament, broken down ex Trades Union hacks, in fact failures from just about every walk of life; folk who have never done any good at anything! The only honourable members who might be encountered are maybe one of the few remaining apolitical hereditary peers who have no particular axe to grind.
