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Originally Posted by diebitter
lol 'rational' - but ignoring that grandstanding word....Elected by whom?
And if they were capable of being voted out of office as well as in, would you argue the same?
There is no point have a EHOL that is just another HOC.
However it is constitutionally arranged it should be desinged to try and counter some of the flaws of short term electoral cycle democracy, e.g. populism and shortermism.
Ideally there would be long term seats, full of technocrats, PHD's and the like who are not that fussed about being reelected as they are in no way career politicians, so electoral popularity is not part of their agenda and decision making.
If we had the above, given the broad views of the class of people likely to be eligible for EHOL its 99% that EHOL would be more anti Brexit than the present one.
On the whole educated professional and successful people are anti Brexit.