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Goth has the House of Lords' first red-and-purple colours. Lady Smith of Llanfaes (Plaid Cymru) arrived clopping in, dressed in ermine and white slingbacks. Last week, Her Ladyship, who took her place at the start of company, turned 28. Both Welsh and English were spoken at her oath. The former did well, but not 'heirs' but rather 'hairs'. She then shook her own dyed mane, signed the Lords Register, and took the ballpoint pen as if she'd just filled in her National Lottery numbers. Well, she did. The Lords serve for a year, and the new daily attendance allowance is £342. If Lady Smith had retired at 80, she may have earned the equivalent of £3.5 million in public funds. As they say in Bangor's posh banlieues, butter should butter a few leeks.

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