Farage wants to abolish the Lords
I'm reading the HoL can delay bills for up to 12 months, seems overbearing enough to me
They're also unelected and many stick around for life
Also completely unacceptable in a proper democracy
yeah they should probably be yeeted
what about congress? dont you have lifers there too?
idk fortunately I'm not British, which is probably why I can give myself the luxury of criticizing their government so harshly without going insane from learning how it works
there's a democrat that served 59 years uninterrupted in congress
PS: not saying too many European countries are particularly democratic
59 years sounds either respectable or complete nuts
Not sure if I wanna figure out which of those it is
Imagine coming in
knowing only a tiny bit about politics
and just saying
"THE HUS OF LORDS IS UNDEMOKRATIK
Well it is
That part is indisputable
Do you realise it's purpose?
and it's efficiency?
That's not the point
The point is
just making everything more democratic
doesn't make it better
Otherwise why not just go full on direct democracy
Making it less democratic does?
on every damn decision
in some aspects
yes
Oh really
That's WHY we have the house of lords
Oh really, that's the reason, well then why not abandon democracy altogether?
Is your brain
only capable in thinking of extremes?
a 1 or a 0?
No, I wanna know
Is there no room for critical thinking and middle grounds?
No, just answer the question and you'll see why I'm asking it
You want me to answer
why abandon democracy?
It's a dumb question
Why NOT abandon it
