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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
Mercifully they seem to have put the task at hand ahead of tribal politics. I am optimistic and really hope that it stays that way.
We'll see if the initial fears were correct though, but yes I'm enthusiastic given the signs so far. It still has the potential to be weak and inefficient, here's hoping I'm wrong.
I was always wanting an elected HoL. It's an affront to democracy that it was any other way and the HoL is made for PR.
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True. The lithmus test will be if they can co-operate on future difficult decisions. It's relatively easy to hammer out the initial package as the giving and taking takes place at the same time. It also makes it easier to sell unpopular measures to the grassroots by saying these were necessary to get the other party onboard. It remains to be seen ho much real trust and genuine willingness to cooperate there will be down the line, but so far, I'm optimistic.
The unelected Lords are an anachronism, so it's great to see them go. It's one of the things one would have expected Labour to fix a long time ago. Instead it's the Tories and Lib Dems that do it.
Oh, and 60% of those who voted voted for the for one of the parties in power. That's got to be a good thing...