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> Anyway, it seems like the clickbait here is "British" and the article would have taken exactly the same angle if her title was Senator. Would it? Senators ar
by Mindwipe 4y ago
> Anyway, it seems like the clickbait here is "British" and the article would have taken exactly the same angle if her title was Senator.
Would it? Senators are elected and have democratic legitimacy, which Life Peers do not.
- notahacker 4y agoMany Senates, including the original in Rome, are appointees with little or no democratic legitimacy and the person I responded to literally suggested a title swap. And I'm not sure the democratic legitimacy of the role she was appointed to in the UK has much to do with her entirely separate organization's involvement in petitioning elected politicians in California. If you want to argue for improving the UK legislative approval process by reforming its second chamber I'm all in favour, but that has nothing to do with 'OMG! British Baronesses! In our country' tone of the article.