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I wonder if part of the reason Britain is moving The Lords and the BBC away from London is to avoid scrutiny from both of those.
by stuaxo 6y ago
I wonder if part of the reason Britain is moving The Lords and the BBC away from London is to avoid scrutiny from both of those.
- pjc50 6y agoThe Lords is an irrelevance which should be abolished, and the BBC has a UK-wide remit. There's already quite a chunk of the BBC in Manchester.
- Mauricebranagh 6y agoIt has and does act as a check on the HOC
- lostlogin 6y agoYes, and imagine having that role played by elected members.
- hcho 6y agoThey would be beholden to political machinations which get them elected and not do a very good job at it. There are a lot of things with HoL but being unelected is not one of them.
- bobthechef 6y agoWhy do you assume elected members must necessarily be better? I think a mixed system can balance the dangers (and each has their dangers) of each.
- Ericson2314 6y agoBecause the UK is the worst bastion of social classism?
- lostlogin 6y ago> you assume elected members must necessarily be better? Yes. You can get rid of elected representatives.
- Mauricebranagh 6y agoIt will be PR with a list system aka only very safe party insiders will get in. Yo wont get the "stroppy bastards" who actually hold the executives toes to the fire.
- pjc50 6y agoIs it really the best we can do in the 21st century?
- bobthechef 6y agoHuman nature doesn't change. Conditions might.
- anthomtb 6y agoDumb American question: Is "The Lords" shorthand for "The house of Lords"?
- tim333 6y agoYeah https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-53432776 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-53432776 I'm a brit and had to google. Apparently they may move temporarily while refurbing the usual location.