UK é oligarquia vitalícia, não é democracia. Senado inteiro é 'indicado', ilegítimos não-eleitos.
Tem até membros hereditários. Outros são indicados pela Igreja.
The Scottish National Party has slammed the UK government for the appointment of 22 new peers to the House of Lords, which brings the total number of unelected members to 796 - with each one able to claim £300 a day in expenses. 190 new Lords alone have been appointed since the general election in 2010. The chamber is so large it is second in the world to the Chinese National People’s Congress, which governs a country of 1.3 billion. A Scotland Yard investigation was already underway following revelations the three biggest donors to the Liberal Democrats – who have provided two fifths of all the party’s donations- have recently been given peerages by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. The Electoral Reform Society has said that between them, the new peers announced on Friday had given £7million to political parties in total. In his recent resignation statement, Lib Dem Lord Oakeshott said, 'my efforts to expose and end cash for peerages in all parties, including our own, and help get the Lords elected have failed.'
Commenting, the SNP MP who uncovered the ‘cash for honours’ scandal Angus MacNeil MP said: “As Westminster Leaders talk about their austerity agendas, public services face cuts and the use of foodbanks increases by 400%, it is an insult to appoint more peers to the already stuffed House of Lords. “Under the Westminster system, we have the ludicrous situation that there are far more legislators who are appointed than elected - and people in Scotland elect only 4 per cent of the Westminster parliamentarians who hold powers over the economy, welfare, defence, our place in Europe, and many other crucial areas of policy. “16 of the 22 new peers have previously held political positions, either elected or employed, which exposes the myth that the House of the Lords is a chamber full of independent experts. Instead it appears sure-fire way for party political people to achieve high office without standing for election. “The SNP's long-standing position is that we believe those making laws should be elected by the people, and therefore we do not nominate members to the House of Lords. “If the rest of the UK want to keep funding the unelected House of Lords, it is a matter for them. A Yes vote means that people in Scotland can get rid of the expensive and unrepresentative Westminster tier - saving around £50 million a year in not sending MPs and peers to London- which means more cost effective and fairer government.”
Membros indicados pelo próprio Parlamento, é sem eleição nem representatividade popular.