bussnapperwm
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As we know from this Brexit debarcal, Politics are broken (in my opinion). We have a unelected upper house, a country run by people who are just born or have bunged a few quid to their mates in order to become a Lord.
The Lords earn £305 per day attendance allowance, plus travel expenses and subsidised restaurant facilities. This equates to £43k for 141 days work, or £46/hour. Half of the time you see the Lords near empty.
The average backbencher in the Commons earns £79,468 for 141 days work. That is over £500 a day, with the gravy train of expenses.
Surely the Lords, which is undemocratic, which is unelected, should be scrapped and replaced with an elected upper house, one which is elected by the people to represent their EU region. Maybe have 90 members, with 10 from each of the UK's EU regions, with a fixed 10 year terms. Maybe have a parliament which has the elected Upper House which earns the pay that the Commons earn currently, with the average Member for the local area earning a lower amount. (maybe call them the "Representitives" in the lower house and "Members" in the upper house?), the upper house being elected via the D'Hondt method.
The existing Lords Spiritual could then be a "non voting member" in the upper house, with the current Lords Temporal being allowed to stand as Representitives or Members should they so wish.
The Prime Minister would be made so by way of the votes between both Houses, and then confirmation of HRH (or their successor.)
WIth the lower house, a FPTP system could work, with the D'hondt method being used for the lower house, with the FTP act being replaced with fixed 5 year terms for the lower house, 10 years for the upper house, with alternate Lower House terms being the same day as the upper house.
What do you think? let me know in the comments...
The Lords earn £305 per day attendance allowance, plus travel expenses and subsidised restaurant facilities. This equates to £43k for 141 days work, or £46/hour. Half of the time you see the Lords near empty.
The average backbencher in the Commons earns £79,468 for 141 days work. That is over £500 a day, with the gravy train of expenses.
Surely the Lords, which is undemocratic, which is unelected, should be scrapped and replaced with an elected upper house, one which is elected by the people to represent their EU region. Maybe have 90 members, with 10 from each of the UK's EU regions, with a fixed 10 year terms. Maybe have a parliament which has the elected Upper House which earns the pay that the Commons earn currently, with the average Member for the local area earning a lower amount. (maybe call them the "Representitives" in the lower house and "Members" in the upper house?), the upper house being elected via the D'Hondt method.
The existing Lords Spiritual could then be a "non voting member" in the upper house, with the current Lords Temporal being allowed to stand as Representitives or Members should they so wish.
The Prime Minister would be made so by way of the votes between both Houses, and then confirmation of HRH (or their successor.)
WIth the lower house, a FPTP system could work, with the D'hondt method being used for the lower house, with the FTP act being replaced with fixed 5 year terms for the lower house, 10 years for the upper house, with alternate Lower House terms being the same day as the upper house.
What do you think? let me know in the comments...