Quote Originally Posted by swaledale View Post
If its an elected chamber with a role as a counter balance to the commons aka the USA system, then there is no reason why they should not block legislation unless its in the manifesto of the elected government, which is how the HOL operates today, they can't actually stop legislation if it was in the manifesto the government was voted in on. However, they can act as a counter balance to stop a government promising one thing and then doing something they hadn't mentioned.

It isn't hard to devise a system which provides check on the government without preventing them from implementing policies that they were elected to implement. The hardest bit is getting rid of the 800 or so currently in the HOL>
... but if what was in their manifesto is illegal, shouldn't the HoL point that out and block it?