Improving New Zealand's democracy with an Upper House
A second chamber could help solve a number of issues that commentators are currently concerned about.
Yesterday’s article by Bryce Edwards regarding Jacinda Ardern taking to the international speaking circuit reminded me of my conversation with Lord Sumption last year about whether New Zealand’s democracy and law-making could be improved by the reintroduction of an upper house.
Edwards asked whether it was time to r…
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