Scotland Needs Democracy Not More Seats in Westminster's Unelected Club

Scotland Needs Democracy Not More Seats in Westminster's Unelected Club

Scottish Greens are calling for the House of Lords to be abolished and replaced with an elected chamber, rejecting proposals for greater Scottish representation through appointments.

Burnham must bin House of Lords

The Scottish Greens have doubled down on their calls for the abolition of the House of Lords.  This follows recent comments from Ian Blackford on The National’s podcast supporting SNP taking seats in the unelected chamber. Scottish Greens co-leader, Gillian Mackay has argued that Scotland’s democratic deficit would not be solved by appointing more politicians to an institution whose members cannot be elected or removed by the public. Gillian has…