I am all for abolishing the lords for a 2nd elected chamber, but it should still be the lords, keep the name, robes and titles but just make the members elected
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When we have an opportunity to create a new “tradition”? Why not make up a new silly title and make them wear new silly clothes. Half the fun of this stuff is the weird archaic nonesense that goes on. Otherwise it’s more rich pricks in suits and we have plenty of those
New traditions would be infinitely more fun yes, but that's not how the apparatus of government would work. If the government needed to make a new elected house today, you know it would for sure be a "cool" and "modern" senate in a steel and glass building... And that's no fun
The pragmatic choice is to preserve the current silly traditions to avoid the bureaucracy from getting rid of them in pursuit of corporate professionalism... Also imagine being elected and being issued a powder wig and changing your utility bills to "Lord"
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