this is true however the loirds can seriously delay a process and thus still have an influence. I personally like the idea of the lords reviewing a bill to ensure it is a good idea but they need to be democratically elected to better preform in the interests of the british public. as for the over proportionalised argument, that was a key argument put foward and that proportional representation would be a better way to put foward the views of the people. In the UK 30%ish of the vote gave 60% of the seats. Big parties gain and smaller parties lose out with the lib dems getting less influence in the commons then the votes they recieved. Very small parties like the green party dont even have a seat yet people did vote for them, its like a waste of votes and the voice of those that voted for them is wasted as it gets no further then the general election.