Dr Craig Dalȝell on Nostr: My article in this week's Common Weal newsletter: ...
My article in this week's Common Weal newsletter:
https://commonweal.scot/power-for-people-not-parties/Removing the hereditary peers from the House of Lords but handing their power to political parties won't fix the root of the problem and might even make it worse.
Rather than Lords, or even an elected Senate dominated by parties, we need a House of Citizens.
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