that would be a horrible idea, as apart from the core problems of an elected second chamber they'd be forever bleating on about having more legitimacy, even though they were elected on the basis of being the second chamber. Liberals screwed up this reform in an attempt to rush into it. funny...
what clear is that if we want to change to a more PR oriented system, it requires a full root and branch overhaul. many of the "problems" come from the seat structure, then we compare national voting trends. do we want pure PR, or have an arbitary threshold a party must achive? do we keep 650...