House Of Lords Should Be Abolished, According To Most Voters 

A survey discovered that most voters don’t trust the House of Lords and want it abolished in its present form.

The poll found that barely a fifth of voters (21 per cent) believe the Lords acts in the public’s best interest, with 70 per cent believing it doesn’t.

The study by Opinium, for the think tank Labour Together, found that two-thirds of those questioned would like to see the Lords replaced by a directly elected second chamber.

Almost half (49 per cent) want the upper house abolished completely.

When voters were asked to describe it in a single word, they said it was outdated, old, corrupt, privileged and a waste.

A thorough study by the House of Lords authorities this year demonstrated that the upper chamber had become increasingly assertive since Britain voted to exit the EU, a decision opposed by most peers.

In a Parliamentary session from 2019-2021, when legislation to take Britain out of the EU was being considered, peers imposed 114 defeats on the Government, equivalent to more than two-thirds of all votes held.

The House of Lords has a turn-up sign, then they have a gourmet lunch with a lovely bottle of wine, coffee, and Connoisseur Brandy, then they have a nap out sign, collect their 300 plus expenses – they’re making a fool of us and it needs to be ditched.

Visualize how much we would save if we got rid of these hangers-on who bleed the pot dry for doing very little.

The House of Lords is a place where favours, under-the-table handshakes and generous donations are repaid and then it’s a life of generous expenses and when the time comes it’s a free daycare centre where everything’s for free with no expectations of them doing anything in return, and most of them sleep through their attendance anyhow.

It’s outdated and of very little value these days, and only serves to delay the introduction of necessary lawmaking. Moreover, it’s an excessive cost to the taxpayers, and the sooner it’s rescinded the better.

We are a democracy, which means we elect people (MPs) to represent us and run the country for the benefit of all. However, if we don’t like or agree with their running of the country we should get the opportunity to remove them through a General Election when we want, not when they want.

Why should an unelected body of people only be there because of birthright, unelected political appointments, or leaders of the church et cetera have a voice in how the country is run?

Perhaps we do need a second house, purely as a failsafe to hopefully make the Government think twice about their flawed decisions, but this second house should also be an elected house as well.

Politicians often tell you what they believe you want to hear when trying to get elected, but at least you get to vote them out in the next General Election. However, the length before a General Election is far too long for them to do tremendous damage to our country.

Of course, we could still have a scrutinising body for new laws to curb Parliament, but it should be elected and somehow adopted by ordinary working people.

There are presently approximately 800 of them and that is far too many for my liking, it’s like freeloaders central.