I agree with all the arguments that have been put forward for putting the question to the country once the implications of any deal are known - except that I don't think that referendums are ever a good idea anyway. The country is - as it should be - ruled by parliament and the Lords get to have a say but can't ultimately scupper the will of the Commons. I like that notion in principle but there are too many peers, too many old peers, not enough women in the Lords and I think that all peers should be appointed to reflect what this country would regard as accomplishment at the highest level in all walks of life and should reflect the whole political spectrum. Definitely NOT elected. One election for one house every few years is enough for the country. An election for the Lords would attract a low turnout and that would be self-defeating as far as any democratic apiration for an elected Lords was concerned.

One thing's for sure: the notion suggested here that it's only the remainers in parliament who form a "ruling elite" of some kind who act only in their own interests is utterly cockeyed.