Is this essentially the purpose of the Lords these days - to keep experienced politicos (and others) involved but without the constituency work, voting requirements, paid on a day rate, etc? I imagine the critics you describe also wouldn’t be a fan of the unelected Lords though…
Maybe fewer of them, bigger constituencies and put the money into more salaried constituency staff. I mean with Lords, MPs, Mayors, County Councillors, Assemblies, Devolved administrations, Borough Councils, Town Councils, Parish Councils etc we must almost have a 1 : 1 politician to voter ratio. (Obvs not numerically true but you get the gist).
JCO alert. Looking in the wrong direction here sadly. It’s not the people who we are voting for that’s the biggest issue, but the people who are voting. Popularism engages the base, and that’s scary (if you’re not a ‘popularist’ of course). A voting system where everyone has the vote, but with a supplementary question which can then act as some kind of multiplier relative to their level of EQ/IQ could stabilise the situation. I would be way too thick to come up with such a system though and have no doubt just diluted my own vote if it ever catches on - doh!
Is this essentially the purpose of the Lords these days - to keep experienced politicos (and others) involved but without the constituency work, voting requirements, paid on a day rate, etc? I imagine the critics you describe also wouldn’t be a fan of the unelected Lords though…
Maybe fewer of them, bigger constituencies and put the money into more salaried constituency staff. I mean with Lords, MPs, Mayors, County Councillors, Assemblies, Devolved administrations, Borough Councils, Town Councils, Parish Councils etc we must almost have a 1 : 1 politician to voter ratio. (Obvs not numerically true but you get the gist).
JCO alert. Looking in the wrong direction here sadly. It’s not the people who we are voting for that’s the biggest issue, but the people who are voting. Popularism engages the base, and that’s scary (if you’re not a ‘popularist’ of course). A voting system where everyone has the vote, but with a supplementary question which can then act as some kind of multiplier relative to their level of EQ/IQ could stabilise the situation. I would be way too thick to come up with such a system though and have no doubt just diluted my own vote if it ever catches on - doh!