| Reform and the Lords 17:10 - Jan 26 with 1662 views | Zx1988 |
With the threat of a Reform government in 2029, a thought occurred to me over the weekend:
What is to stop Farage then proceeding to stuff the Lords with Reform peers, either throughout the course of his parliament, or as a final hurrah as part of his dissolution honours?
Could an upper chamber stacked with Reform nut-jobs allow Farage to keep his hand on the tiller of UK politics, even if the electorate end up seeing through Reform after a single term? |  |
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| Reform and the Lords on 21:55 - Jan 26 with 296 views | Churchman |
| Reform and the Lords on 21:22 - Jan 26 by Nthsuffolkblue |
650 randomly selected as a cross-section of society appointed.
Would it be for life with each one replaced randomly upon death/retirement due to ill health? Or would it be for a 5-year term?
Makes me think of the Churchill quote "the greatest argument against democracy is to hold a five-minute conversation with the average voter." |
Ahhh, but Churchill was really an old Victorian with all the associated values.
Class system, schooling for children, votes for women you name it. He was of his time. In many ways and utterly brilliant in others.
You don’t need 650. A review chamber of 100 will do serving a maximum of two years. I’m making this up as I go along - but anything is better than what we have. |  | | |
| Reform and the Lords on 22:01 - Jan 26 with 282 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Reform and the Lords on 21:55 - Jan 26 by Churchman |
Ahhh, but Churchill was really an old Victorian with all the associated values.
Class system, schooling for children, votes for women you name it. He was of his time. In many ways and utterly brilliant in others.
You don’t need 650. A review chamber of 100 will do serving a maximum of two years. I’m making this up as I go along - but anything is better than what we have. |
I am not sure I agree with your final assessment. There are plenty of worse systems and 100 average members of the public is probably one of them. For all the faults of the peerage system, there are some very good experienced political heads in there too. |  |
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| Reform and the Lords on 22:16 - Jan 26 with 255 views | Churchman |
| Reform and the Lords on 22:01 - Jan 26 by Nthsuffolkblue |
I am not sure I agree with your final assessment. There are plenty of worse systems and 100 average members of the public is probably one of them. For all the faults of the peerage system, there are some very good experienced political heads in there too. |
Old failed politicians with a load of yes people wheeled in for favours by political parties. There’s nothing good about a dodgy Russian and a loads of ex sportsmen, actors and whoever else, none of whom were elected to make judgements on me and my like. Bin the lot.
If you are to have a second chamber at all, and I can’t see the need, it has to be better than the above. | | | |
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