It's called sortition[1] and I think it'd be a wonderful method of choosing the 2nd house in a bicameral legislature like the UK's. Imagine replacing all the lo

It's called sortition[1] and I think it'd be a wonderful method of choosing the 2nd house in a bicameral legislature like the UK's. Imagine replacing all the lords and bishops who've been placed there by heredity or backscratching with people chosen by sortition. That'd really hold the elected politicians to account. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition