LORD Clitheroe left his seat in the House of Lords this week - and admitted it was never really his thing!
The Downham Hall based peer lost his seat in the Lords along with more than 500 other hereditaries.
But the 70-year-old admitted he won't particularly miss trips to the capital.
"To be honest, I'm not a politician and I don't think I was very well suited to the House of Lords."
Lord Clitheroe believes changes to the structure of the House of Lords were necessary.
He said: "I'm not in favour of hereditary peers, although I think they have done a great deal of good work in the past.
"I don't think they are acceptable in the modern world but I am not happy about the way in which the hereditary peers are being phased out. The Government hasn't handled it well at all."
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