So I certainly have no hopes for a policymaker, elected or appointed, to embrace my individual worldview enough to fulfill my dreams for me.

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The royal commission examining the future of the Lords is bound to concentrate on the higher-profile questions of what powers the second legislative chamber should have, and whether its members should be elected or appointed.

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And there are some high-powered issues to chew over - the balance of power between the Commons and the new Senate (or whatever it is to be called), the proportion to be elected or appointed, the presence of the Church of England bishops (excluding them would come close to disestablishment of the state church, so antidisestablishmentarianism may become a factor) and much, much more.

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Some 16, 000 candidates will contest the elections to Parliament's lower house, the Lok Sabha. (The members of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house, are indirectly elected by state assemblies or appointed by the president.) In addition, about 17, 000 candidates will simultaneously contest the elections to the six state legislatures.

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All the main party manifestos backed the idea that those who make our laws should be elected rather than appointed to, or inheriting, the job.

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Labour's submission to the commission made clear the party preferred a wholly appointed chamber to an elected or part-elected one.

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Perhaps, rightly so, because of the greater deference paid to elected, as opposed to appointed official -- officials or judges.

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Adnan Pachachi, this month's president of the U.S.-appointed Governing Council, said he backs direct elections in principle but indicated the caucus-elected assembly, or some variation of this plan, would be more realistic in view of the June deadline.

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