Just to add a point quickly - for an undemocratic body, the House of Lords has served to vote down unpopular legislation (most recently the proposed 42 day detention of suspected terrorists without trial), thereby forcing the ruling party to drop legislation.
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Date: 2008-10-29 12:18 pm (UTC)