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It has and does act as a check on the HOC
by Mauricebranagh 6y ago
It 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.