The unelected legislators in the House of Lords have voted 240 to 208 to reject a government proposal to abolish the position of Lord Chancellor. The Lord Chancellor is a government minister who is also head of the judiciary.
The so-called Lords objected to the replacement of the feudal office with democratic arrangements that would separate the judicial and executive roles claiming that it would undermine the rule of law. The government indicated that it expected the House of Commons to overrule the legislators-for-life.