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英国上院的民袭制不仅与现代民主社会格格不入，而且也在选民心目中失去了合法的地位。一位英国政府官员形象地表达为：“在这个年轻的新英国，一个人通过努力所取得的成就比他从哪个子宫里生出来更重要。
The popular system in the British upper house is not only incompatible with modern democratic society, but also loses its legal status in the minds of voters. A British government official said vividly: "In this young New England, the accomplishments that one has made through hard work are more important than the births of which womb he is from.