The Liberal Democrats are not doing well on Constitutional Reform. They botched the campaign on the A vote and now are promoting a peculiar notion of an elected House of Lords through the Coalition, of which they remain fractious members. The proposal to elect hundreds of Lords for single fifteen year terms is an unusual form of democracy, with successful candidates looking decidedly mouldy towards the end of their term, with a very weak link to public opinion.
This blog would prefer one Lord for every county in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and one for the capitals of each country, London, Belfast, Cardiff and Edinburgh. This would work out at one hundred or so and would leave room for one or two additions. If one third were elected for six year terms every two years, a good compromise between democratic legitimacy and continuity would result.
The bodge on offer at the moment is not what the supporters of the Liberal Democrats thought they would get. Their party’s leadership explains compromise is the price of coalition. If they continue to disappoint their supporters with flagrantly broken promises or fudged compromises, they will find they will have none left. The Tories have, once again outplayed their Lib Dem partners, by offering a constitutional deal which nobody in their right minds should support.
The Coalition made a very good beginning. It is heading for a sad end. Labour will be the beneficiary.
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