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April 03, 2006
Will Labour block Lords reform?
Peter Riddell in the Times believes that “Lords reform is doomed to fail”. He writes:
There is an inherent conflict between defending the supremacy of the Commons and making the composition of the Lords more “legitimate”, less aristocratic and more democratic.
Of course real democracies, whether unicameral or bicameral, elect all (yes, all) their representatives.
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2110315,00.html
Posted by Simon Holledge at April 3, 2006 10:50 AM
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