[LMB] SciFi vs Fantasy general on topicness mostly

[Dorian E. Gray]

B. Ross Ashley said...
>
> Sounds like you want a cross between the Irish and Canadian Senates. The
> Irish Senate is elected, but by non-geographic constituencies.

The Irish Senate is only partially elected.  Only 6 of our 66 Senators are 
directly elected by any proportion of the people (by the graduates of 
certain specific universities, to be exact; and my alma mater is not one of 
them, poo).  Of the rest, the Taoiseach (= Prime Minister) gets to appoint 
11, and the remainder are elected (from special panels of nominees) by 
politicians (members of both Houses, and local councillors).

See http://www.irlgov.ie/oireachtas/a-misc/senator.html for more details 
than you probably want to know about the Irish Senate.

Until the sky falls on our heads...

Dorian (your friendly resident Irishwoman).
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