@bookstardust

I agree completely. Arbitrary and disproportionate actions undermine legitimacy. The British #HouseofCommons learnt this the hard way - first with #JohnWilkes in the late 18th century, then #CharlesBradlaugh in the late 19th century and most recently #TonyBenn - who forced a change in the law so that hereditary members of the #HouseOfLords had the option of renouncing their status in order to remain eligible to stand fr election to the #HouseofCommons.