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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago (8 children)

Sortition for the HoL or it's a waste of time.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago (6 children)

I love that idea actually. Basically a lottery where you can randomly become a Lord for a couple of years, draw the salary, then go back to your regular life.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

It’s a great idea until you remember the English populace and their voting history.

I think keep the HoL (but maybe rename it), abolish peerages, have a fixed term, keep the appointment commission but have half of the members of that sortified.

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