@ottocrat @Stephenleet @ArtBear I would sign a petition against truss's list, but I won't sign anything calling for an elected second chamber. With all its faults the Lords does at least act as a bastion against kneejerk popularism.

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Yeah, in the US since Senators became directly elected -- formerly they were appointed by state legislatures -- we have a House of Proportionate Representatives and a House of Disproportionate Misrepresentatives.

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