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Old 22-04-2008, 08:37 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Eurosceptic Atlanticist View Post
The second chamber, if elected, should be completely different to the Commons.

I'd like to see something similar to the US Senate, where each County sends an equal number of representatives (eg. 2) and is elected in completely different cycles to the Commons (E.g. Every five years, 2 1/2 years into the Commons term).
Exactly.

The present arrangement couldn’t be much worse than it is.

The VERY first move should be to get rid of Bishops and Hereditary Peers ASAP and any and all future political appointments should be discontinued and then real power returned to the second chamber once more.
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