On 10/06/15 09:09, Adrian wrote:

Isn't the latter pretty much what it is now? There are 788 people sitting
in the Lords. Only 88 (11%) of them are hereditary.

Not in the context that noone voted for them.

If anything, though, going for explicit political appointment would make
the second chamber MORE political, not less - there are currently 234 (30%
) who are not politically aligned. The whole point of the second chamber
is to provide apolitical scrutiny on the political lower chamber.