House of Lords to bar democracyMon Feb 20, 2012 11:50AM GMT
Members of Britain’s House of Lords have threatened to stage strike if the British government proposes to move the country toward democracy by establishing an elected House of Lords.
Members of the Upper House have announced plans to sabotage any such attempt by the British government to introduce democratic elections into the process of appointing members of the House of Lords.
Unlike the Commons House, the Upper Chamber is a predominantly appointed house as the monarch appoints the majority of the members of the house.
The House of the Lords is responsible for reviewing bills proposed by the House of Commons and, this way, stands in the way of the majority of British public’s will as it can severely delay the bills and force British people’s representatives in the Commons to reconsider and readjust their proposed bills.
The proposals put forth by the coalition government to reform the House of Lords published last year stated that members of the House should be elected so that the British people could taste true democracy.
“In a modern democracy it is important that those who make the laws of the land should be elected by those to whom those laws apply. The House of Lords performs its work well but lacks sufficient democratic authority,” said British Prime Minister David Cameron.
However, the beacon of true democracy in Britain is dimming as members of the Upper House have warned to disrupt any reforms to the way they are appointed.
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