Message from @GalaxyBrainer
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"the progressive left" are directly in opposition to hierarchy
it empowers the vote without skewing the favour
So reinforcing hereditary lords would be the best option, if you're a reactionary
random HOL duty, like jury duty
that's even worse
honestly, just giving the average voter more power
I will say
is really the best thing to futureproof the country
The HoL could have survived for ages longer
if it hadn't opposed Brexit
there's not much that's worse than an annual addition of crony politicians, mostly the types who really sucked up and sleazed their way through the commons
literally shot itself in the face
by fighting with the only party that had supported it
And with the only voters that supported it
naughty lords
i do like the idea of moving it up north
don't have an answer for you - they worked well in the days of landed gentry. they don't make sense in a globalised world
moving what
it would reduce the londoncentric nature a touch
They better not create some new parliament building for them in York if they do move
theres a proposal to move HOL to york
I've seen what new parliament buildings look like
Especially in Scotland
not needed really, just move what controls it to everywhere outside of london
there is no point in moving them in the modern context
What would become of old HOL chamber?
It jsut seems convenient to have the lords seconds away from the commons
i mean if you move it halfway up the country you interrupt a lot of stuff
like the black rod stuff
instead of happening over an hour, it happens over several
govt's slow enough as is
Just create a black rod that can span the entire country
Have it be lifted by crane
run it like the olympic torch <:smugon:512048583806025739>
Robot avatar black rod
If only we had a...
High speed rail network