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FaRmLaNd on 25 April 2010
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Rath said:
SciFiBoy said:
Rath said:
SciFiBoy said:
no, infact I think we should do away with the monarchy alltogether.

Oh the monarchy is a fantastic tradition though, plus Elizabeth has been pretty much the perfect constitutional monarch, regal but not meddling.

 

Your upper house does need reform though, too much power too little reponsibility to the people.

meh, I find them annoying and useless, this is a democracy, they arent needed.

the Lords needs to be replaced with an elected second chamber imo.

Only problem is that electing an upper chamber would challenge the primacy of the house of commons. If they are both elected with their own mandates then the upper house would have a right to block laws in the lower house, essentially it would revoke the unwritten Salisbury Convention.

Plus, why elect two houses?

We elect our upper house in Australia and it works well enough. Besides, outside of independents most of the senators fall into party lines. It makes perfect sense to me to vote in both the lower and upper house. Hell it makes sense to not have the Queen as our head of state. And if I ever get the chance I'll certainly be voting against the monarchy.