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The House of Lords used to be a hereditary base for the power of a very small minority. That was clearly wrong. It gradually transformed into an appointed chamber. This is also wrong but curiously less wrong. Now, all parties agree that it ought to be a democratically elected chamber and, within a few years it will be. This is progress and good. Why shouldn't the Head of State also be elected? If the Queen or her son think that they are good enough to do the job, stand for election and let's see who wins. As a British president would have minor and primarily ceremonial powers (unlike the US or France and more like Ireland or Italy) there is ample scope with proportional representation for the country to choose the best person. Rules could be imposed to bar anyone who had held elected office, thus debarring MPs and members of the new upper chamber. Not so far fetched but a better representation of a modern democratic progressive country than an ancient hereditary monarchy with all its attendant lackeys and hangers-on.