House of Lords to become People's Chamber?
The House of Lords should be abolished and replaced with a citizens' chamber of 400 ordinary people, says a journalist and author.
In a personal film for the Daily Politics soapbox series, Richard Askwith suggests a "radical but viable alternative" for the second chamber with 400 voters randomly selected, similar to being called for jury service.
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