This is why I still support the existence of the house of lords. They are a bunch of pricks but they often prevent the government doing stupid shit.
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The concept of house of lords has never been a problen for me, the issue is the undemocratic makeup of its members.
It being undemocratic is actually pretty important for the system to work.
Because only the house of commons is elected they have legitimacy and the house of lords knows that while they can resist some dumb crap, they do ultimately have to accept the decisions made there.
If you have two elected houses you end up like the US with the senate blocking everything the house of representative does.
A more representative second house with less rich people and politicial cronies would be nice though.
I can sort of accept old mps going there but there is no way you could make me view hereditary peers or lords spiritual as even slightly acceptable. I would like to see a more merit based second house.