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Originally Posted by andrewb
Again, the Lords does not have the power you seem to think. The Commons is elected, and accountable to the electorate. They're the body that hold ultimate decision making power, and they can overrule any amendment suggested by the Lords.
We don't need an elected second chamber because the body with ultimate decision making power, is ultimately accountable to us, the people. When government make decisions we know exactly how to remove them if we disagree.
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I know what powers the Lords have..the Commons does have the ultimate power to overide the Lords.. but the Lords can block, or slow down legislation in some cases for years.
Andrew does put up a good case against having another elected house.. but there's no getting away with the fact that no one in this society should have the power to slow down, block laws, on the basis of whatever family they were born into.. it's just not on.