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minus-squareSquizzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 days agoWhat the fuck even is the lords!?
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-217 days agoA second parliamentary chamber whose members are not elected but instead get their seats by being nominated for life for one by a sitting government or inheriting it.
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoAnd the hereditary contingent is gradually shrinking, and with luck, should disappear entirely after another round of reforms. Fingers crossed.
minus-squareblackn1ght@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 days agoIt’s the upper house of parliament.
What the fuck even is the lords!?
A second parliamentary chamber whose members are not elected but instead get their seats by being nominated for life for one by a sitting government or inheriting it.
And the hereditary contingent is gradually shrinking, and with luck, should disappear entirely after another round of reforms. Fingers crossed.
It’s the upper house of parliament.