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Re:UK votes to leave EU by gambiting on Friday June 24, 2016 @04:49AM (#11967960)
Well, one could make an argument that the house of lords represents exactly no one, and yet it is a part of the policy making process.
Re:UK votes to leave EU by sievebrain on Friday June 24, 2016 @06:07AM (#11968393)
HoL can't stop legislation, only delay it, and by convention they never delay manifesto pledges.

If the HoL stopped being anything more than a handbrake on laws it'd be abolished too. And as for the monarchy, well, nobody cares whilst the Queen is so disciplined about staying out of politics. If she dies and is replaced by Charles, and he doesn't change his ways, expect a constitutional change soon after.

Re:UK votes to leave EU by ZenoArrow on Friday June 24, 2016 @05:58AM (#11968322)
I'd be up for House of Lords reform as well, but let's let the dust settle on Brexit first.
Re:UK votes to leave EU by youngtaff on Friday June 24, 2016 @05:48AM (#11968262)
And the Queen