Strypey on Nostr: The votes required to block a bill in the upper house would need to be high enough to ...
The votes required to block a bill in the upper house would need to be high enough to stop a slim majority from making the country ungovernable. But low enough to reach if electorate MPs are representing a strong, cross-party public consensus against it. A blocked bill would be sent back to the lower house for revision, with a detailed report from each MP on what objections they're heard from their constituents.
More importantly, the upper house would be an extra set of eyes on new laws.
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