BEYOND REPAIR
The House of Lords is an out-of-touch and undemocratic institution – and the SNP’S position has been as consistent as it has been clear: We support its abolition.
The findings in this new report shine a stronger light on how broken the Westminster system is, how it refuses to accept democratic reforms, how it utterly fails to properly reflect different parts of the UK, and the extortionate cost to the taxpayer to maintain the Lords.
Given the lack of accountability, it is little wonder the Lords is stuffed with Scottish Tories – including the soon-to-be Baroness Ruth Davidson, who is running scared from the judgment of the Scottish electorate after being appointed by Boris Johnson’s government.
As an institution, the Lords – the second biggest legislative chamber in the world after the National People’s Congress of China - is an archaic disgrace, serving a chamber of cronies, party chums, election-losing has-beens, and friends and families of those in high office.
Westminster is broken beyond repair and it’s clear that Scotland faces a choice of two futures – an out-of-touch and broken Westminster system acting against our interests, or the opportunity to build a fairer and democratic society as an independent country in a post-pandemic referendum.