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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
You think more elections are the answer to voter apathy? What happens if a Lord and an MP have differing views on the same policy, how much would it undermine the elected MP to have an elected Lord muscling in on constituency matters.
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I never talked about voter apathy which is really a different topic.
Why do we need to use the same system as MPs for voting in lords? Drastically cut down the amount of lords needed and have 1 lord over multiple areas. So each lord will have around 3/4 mps in their area. The lord would be the representive of the area for national issues while the MP would be local (and national). MP's will have more time on local issues this way and we could cut down on the number of lords we need.
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Originally Posted by Osem
Just been listening to the candidates for Deputy PM whining on about stuff and promising all sorts. The same old claptrap about how they'll be different, engage with the public, be accountable, solve problems, remedy the failings of the past.
They wonder why the public are apathetic - possibly because we've heard it all too many times before from the same old faces.
The only time these people ever listen to the public is when they need votes!
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Its hard to judge what people want until votes. What the public wants is different to what the papers or what the polls say people want. Certianly a government should not govern based on those. The public vote in a government to then make choices for them, if the public dont like it then vote them out in 4 years.