the irony is that you're criticising the parent for not understanding the EU, but then you seem to have a limited understanding of how your own country works in

the irony is that you're criticising the parent for not understanding the EU, but then you seem to have a limited understanding of how your own country works in reality (vs. someone doing quick read of its description on wikipedia) the modern house of lords is advisory and completely subordinate to the commons it is a glorified select committee, there to scrutinise the law and slow it down the commons can override it, but to do that it has to wait it's essentially the EU parliament: the inferior chamber that can slightly amend and block law the sovereign is similar, the commons is superior and last time there was a fundamental disagreement the country became a republic the UK is full of contradictions like this: formally we're theocracy ruled by an absolute monarch appointed by god but that's not how it works in practice vs. say the US, which is the complete opposite on paper (strict republic, limits on power, strict separation of church and state), but then has presidents constantly referring to god and religion being a huge thing in politics > I find it's better to not throw stones if you live in glass houses. yes, quite