UK and Thai Parliaments similar?

Interesting article on Thailand and UK parliaments:

https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1686236/british-thai-democratic-systems-cant-be-compared

A couple of other points to make are that the UK House of Lords also contains Church of England bishops (including the Archbishop of Canterbury here in East Kent) the only chamber to do so outside of Iran. A Religious Affairs committee could adjust that anomaly.

While the 92 hereditary Lords is blatantly undemocratic and the only chamber in the world. Previous hereditary Lords ejected in 1999 but still the strangest elections of the elderly hereditary Lords as they die off having elections by just the other hereditary Lords.

The Lords is also nearer 900 members than 780 - the largest outside China.

And if the principle is that experts are appointed that's largely untrue with political party appointees booted upstairs form the Commons.

And the Lords is distinctly aged: more members over 90 than under 40 - a particular failure on the expert issue as Britain enters the digital 21st century rather than analogue 20th century.

If the Thai Senate is derided in rap songs as 250 bootlickers certainly there are less military and police in the UK Lords and none serving on active duty.

Perhaps George Orwell and sandwiches (invented here in East Kent) are better role models for the Thai parliament (and its written constitution and codified laws) than UK parliament.

And with the May parliamentary coup perhaps UK is less democratic than the new Thai parliament?


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