I agree with most of your points, jambutty.
However this:
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Originally Posted by jambutty
Who should be eligible to serve in the ‘Upper House’?
Good question! I would suggest a British citizen without a criminal record who has been a British citizen for at least 20 years and is 40 years of age or older but under 75.
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...seems grossly unrepresentative. Like tealeaf said, anyone who is eligible to vote should be able to enter the 'Upper House' (though I'd prefer the term 'wig factory'

), through elections though, not at random.