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Clearly Parliament is sovereign, and Parliament is elected, therefore the UK is a democracy. And it's been so for nearly 400 years. Not that any of that guara
by cryptonector 4y ago
Clearly Parliament is sovereign, and Parliament is elected, therefore the UK is a democracy. And it's been so for nearly 400 years. Not that any of that guarantees that the UK is a "good democracy", but a democracy it is.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> Clearly Parliament is sovereign, and Parliament is elected Its not though. The House of Commons is elected. The House of Lords and the Crown are not elected, and all three are integral components of the Parliament. [0] [0] https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/role/relations-with-other-institutions/parliament-crown/ https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/role/relations-with-othe...
- cryptonector 4y agoBut the House has reformed the Lords repeatedly, and the Lords can't stop them. It's like the filibuster rule in the U.S. Senate which is constitutional because there is at least one day in every term where it can be amended by a simple majority vote (and, in fact, it can be amended by a majority vote at any time and has been).