I wasn't clear, I disagree that the lords is compromised. I feel it's entirely dysfunctional and a travesty of democracy. 'We all agree, I think, that at present the Lords is a compromised version of this.'
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But do you not agree that there is merit in a revising chamber of experts?
aug 26, 2025, 7:19 pm • 0 0 • view
That certainly has merit. We have experts now don't we, advising the legislature. The Chris Whittys and his like?
aug 26, 2025, 10:07 pm • 1 0 • view
We do, the Lords, in theory and as it is defended, is supposed to directly input into the design and writing of legislation (scientific advisers input on policy). My view is that a truly democratic second chamber is more necessary than a functional advisory one. At present, we have neither.
aug 26, 2025, 10:22 pm • 1 0 • view
Is the Lords really meant to function as a list of experts? That's even more reason to abolish it then. Johnson's last bunch was a list of nine party members four were SPADs including Charlotte Owen.
aug 27, 2025, 4:38 am • 0 0 • view
Chris Whitty for example advises via the civil service rather than the Lords doesn't he? In post via merit rather than because someone likes him, which seems to be how the Lords works.
aug 27, 2025, 5:24 am • 0 0 • view