Thank you, Richard. You don't have to write to a Tory peer, though - a Crossbench, Lib-Dem or Bishop will do.

And if democracy is under threat in the UK (which I believe it is) how much of the responsibility for that should be shouldered by the people of the UK? IMO it is our apathy as much as anything else which has led to this state of affairs and only we can do something about it.