• Goblinmancer [any]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    House of “lords”? i thought the aristocrats just stay in their castle and do nothing ? Isnt that what the monarchy defenders say?yiiking-out

    • Thordros [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      The insinuation that they’re all Lords in the conventional sense is simply untrue. There is also the leadership of the Church of England, and the people nominated to the House of Lords—the actual Lords have final approval, naturally.

      It’s extremely democratic. It’s the second largest legislative body on the planet, second only to… THE SINISTER AUTHORITARIAN SEE SEE PEE! AS USUAL! That one’s actually elected positions, but please ignore that fact.

      xi-vote

    • BoblinTheGoblin@hexbear.net
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      Most people in the UK refer exclusively to the royal family when they’re talking monarchy, which outside of the queen/king vetoing the PM there is not much they can do. The house of lords is a proper parliamentary body, and is one part of getting laws set up, alongside the “house of commons”, the latter which holds the elected MPs, whereas the house of lords is entirely unelected.