3 ms·

I know I’m from a different culture - but I don’t understand how the UK still has the House of Lords in 2023. It just doesn’t seem aligned with the principles

• wpietri 3y ago
  The British people broadly agree with you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords#Opinion_polling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords#O...
• pxeger1 3y ago
  I, broadly, think the House of Lords is a good thing in principle. Having a board of experts who can trounce things like the Illegal Migration Bill's potential for human rights abuse is a good thing. FYI, the House of Lords can't reject the same bill more than three times, and can't reject a bill that calls an election, so its undemocraticness isn't as bad as you might assume. There are many issues with it but I don't think many of them are much worse than those that already exist with the House of Commons. (Lobbying: exists in both. Unelectedness: the first past the post system is pretty bad here too. Ability of unelected people to introduce bills: private members' bills exist too). All of these are problems I'd like solved but I wouldn't support removing the House of Lords.
• blibble 3y ago
  it's fine because it's subordinate to the commons in every way it acts as a brake for controversial legislation, which is generally a good thing