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And replace it with what?
A second FPTP psuedo-democracy isn't going to help.
I never thought of it before but your comment just made me realise this would be a great backdoor way to get the PR ball rolling. Make the lord's elected with a full PR system. Maybe with half the seats going up for election every 7 years or something.
I which case it should become the primary chamber. Having the second chamber be more representative of public opinion would be yet another way the commons would repress the views of the people.
The issue with this is the same as with the mayoral system. The next tine the Tories get a turn, they replace it with FPTP and claim it's "more democratic".
I'm pretty sure I've seen that suggested before, it would make a lot of sense, so obviously it will never happen.