nd of the house of lords so what follows?

Question

Isnt it anout time peers in their dotage hereditary peers etc were booted out and an elected HOUSE OF LORDS put in?
Everything in law is finalised by the House of Lords why cant ordinary people be given the chance to be in The house of Lords

Answer 1

The thing is though, we still have non-elected people asserting a huge influence over the way the country is run. Tony Blair surrounds himself with cronies and is influenced by up-their-own-**** think tanks, so although the HoL is a soft target as an example of poor democracy, I think it is really a scapegoat. And I believe we do need some kind of upper chamber to act as a counter-balance to the sometimes reactionary commons.

Answer 2

If you think yesterdays vote was anything other than a piece of nonsense then you are mistaken.

Anyone over the age of 40 will be dead before they make the changes they are talking about now.

Currently the Parliament act allows the HoC over all legitimacy if the house of Lords became fully elected they would be able to challenge the law making processes by claiming equal legitimacy.

This may be a good thing, on the other hand it might make things worse.

I am sure that is way most seek a 'compromise' of 80% elected because it wouldn't actually change anything except the public perception of 'improving democracy'

Irrelevant when all the power has gone to Brussels and Westminster is no more than an over rated assembly

Answer 3

There is a reason the House of Lords is called the House of Lords and the House of Commons is called the House of Commons. It will never ever happen and I am completely against it. It's utterly ridiculous and would damage the power of the House of Commons. Besides, who ever heard of a commoner in the House of Lords?

Answer 4

If you give the Labour party enough apparently you can. If you kick out the upper chamber you give the government carte blanche to do what they want.