Labour could axe all hereditary peers from House of Lords, reports suggest (www.standard.co.uk)

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Labour plans to axe all hereditary peers from the House of Lords, reports have suggested.

But the 92 hereditary lords who sit in Parliament’s upper chamber would still be allowed to retain their access to the Palace of Westminster as a sweetener, the Financial Times has reported.

This would allow them to still enjoy access to Parliament’s bars and subsidised restaurants.

Labour has previously vowed to abolish the unelected upper chamber of Parliament, with Sir Keir Starmer having branded it “undemocratic”.

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[-] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 19 points 5 months ago

And replace it with what?

A second FPTP psuedo-democracy isn't going to help.

[-] NotACube@feddit.uk 11 points 5 months ago

I never thought of it before but your comment just made me realise this would be a great backdoor way to get the PR ball rolling. Make the lord's elected with a full PR system. Maybe with half the seats going up for election every 7 years or something.

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 4 points 5 months ago

I which case it should become the primary chamber. Having the second chamber be more representative of public opinion would be yet another way the commons would repress the views of the people.

[-] gedhrel@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

The issue with this is the same as with the mayoral system. The next tine the Tories get a turn, they replace it with FPTP and claim it's "more democratic".

[-] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 1 points 5 months ago

I'm pretty sure I've seen that suggested before, it would make a lot of sense, so obviously it will never happen.

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