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Re: 2010 General Election: The Cable Forum Exit Poll
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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
I had a thought actually, this would be a great opportunity to get shot of the House of Lords. Replace it with a PR-elected upper house of say 100 members who would have the power to reject legislation and send it back to the Commons for amendment.
This would be done alongside resolving the constituency imbalances that currently exist in the FPTP system.
Wonder if that would appeal? Would resolve two issues in one, an elected second house and that house having PR so being representative.
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Why? The present House of Lords have done sterling work in watering down some of the more extreme ideas from this government.
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