• Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    This isn’t them abolishing the house of lords, they’re just kicking out the remaining “hereditary peers” who got their seat from inheritance. Most of the house these days are “life peers”:

    retired politicians, civic leaders and other notables appointed by the government, who now make up the vast majority of the chamber. Roughly 1 in 10 members are currently hereditary peers.

    Even for those remaining hereditary peers they’re supposed to be kicking out:

    The lords put up a fight, forcing a compromise that will see an undisclosed number of hereditary members allowed to stay by being “recycled” into life peers.

    So not that much of a change.

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      Eliminating the hereditary principle is a significant change.

      The next useful reform would be to appoint peers for a fixed term rather than for life.

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      Technically the change will be when the old hereditary peers die off or leave the chamber. I’m not a fan of lifetime anything either, but at least those assholes mostly had to do something to earn their place rather than being born warm.