Sentences with phrase «unelected second chamber»

The original said that only the UK and Lesotho had a wholly unelected second chamber.

He declared that there was only one other country in the world that had an unelected second chamber.

All of this provides pause to reflect on this legislative arrangement as a whole, and the exact nature of the problem of having an unelected second chamber.

No mention of the scandal of an unelected second chamber.

Not exact matches

It's a democratic outrage that we have a second chamber of unelected Lords.

Though the events that prompted the review — in which the House of Lords derailed the government's changes to working tax credits — most obviously invite discussion of the unelected nature of the second chamber, they also highlight a deeper problem with our democratic system.