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Of course they have power. They amend and delay laws, they 'fine tune' them as you say, but to whose benefit and with what authority from the people of the country to do so? It may well be that they often have a positive effect but they also may have a less positive one based on patronage and...

It could be full of hundreds of Einstein's clones, it wouldn't make it right :lol:

OK but its not the point really. A law passed by the elected representatives of the country has been delayed/altered by an unelected body. Parliament Acts have had to be used on those seven instances to force through the will of the elected government of the country, even if that election...

Whether I/we agree with a policy or not is irrelevant surely? If an elected Government can win a vote why shouldn't it become law? I can campaign against it. I can definitely vote against that government in the future, but why should an unelected Lord or some other such pillar of the...

No but you would have to use the Parliament Act to force something through ultimately, which delays things sometimes for years.

This. The HoL is an affront to democracy. We elect a parliament and then allow an unelected bunch of inbreds the power of veto over of the elected governments policies.