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I may have given short shrift to post-World War II developments.  For example, even before his second general election as party leader, [[Tony Blair]] reformed the House of Lords so that the vast majority of its members are [[life peers]] rather than hereditary ones who pass on their seat to their oldest child.  Also, [[Margaret Thatcher]] attempted to introduce a [[poll tax]] in the 1980's, but this was rightly denounced as a potential severe restriction of the franchise.  The rise and fall of the British [[welfare state]] would be a good topic to explore in an article on the [[Postwar history of Great Britain]], although I do not see it as a necessary result of British democracy. -- [[User talk:Amyz|Amyz]], 10:08, June 4, 2007 (EDT)

I may have given short shrift to post-World War II developments.  For example, even before his second general election as party leader, [[Tony Blair]] reformed the House of Lords so that the vast majority of its members are [[life peers]] rather than hereditary ones who pass on their seat to their oldest child.  Also, [[Margaret Thatcher]] attempted to introduce a [[poll tax]] in the 1980's, but this was rightly denounced as a potential severe restriction of the franchise.  The rise and fall of the British [[welfare state]] would be a good topic to explore in an article on the [[Postwar history of Great Britain]], although I do not see it as a necessary result of British democracy. -- [[User talk:Amyz|Amyz]], 10:08, June 4, 2007 (EDT)

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