But on the flip side, politically appointed peers end up weighting the second house towards political parties that hold power. Whereas an elected house that mimics the Commons would be completely pointless. One of the real advantages of the Lords is that it contains politically independent (in party terms) individuals that are capable of scrutinising legislation on its merits. To lose that would be a bad thing, and to design a system that allows a government control of both houses would be potentially dangerous, in terms of economic stability and freedom.
I'm not advocating an elite group of people being granted rulership - merely some balance against ignorance and stupidity exercised by an elected government.
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Date: 2007-02-13 04:30 pm (UTC)I'm not advocating an elite group of people being granted rulership - merely some balance against ignorance and stupidity exercised by an elected government.