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[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

UK still has hereditary Lords, no? that seems long contrary to the "will of the people" to me

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They serve an important societal and cultural function, you probably just don't understand.

Without the landed gentry it's estimated that within a single generation, Britain's long standing tradition of pederasty would be gone.

Won't somebody think of the little boys, and the aristocratic men who lust for them?

[–] manualoverride@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

We got rid of almost all of the hereditary ones, I think we are down to 90 out of ~800. So while they are not all gone it’s getting better, now we just need to sort out the “cash for peerage” lords. Having a second chamber to sanity check the parliament is not a bad idea, as long as they are genuine experts granted peerage after a lifetime of service to the country or their field.