Many of us would like to see wholesale reform of the UK's second chamber (the Lords)... but while its hereditary element has been the focus of attention, as Huw Macartney (BirminghamU) points out, the real problem is the role of the wealthy (with a concentration of wealth in property - landlords - and corporate shareholdings in the Lords).

Given its role in legislation, the domination by wealth, is a major problem for equitable governance & skews legislation.

#politics
https://theconversation.com/from-aristocracy-to-assetocracy-how-wealth-has-transformed-the-house-of-lords-293492