Lords defeat government over rights of EU citizens in UK

I am torn two ways about this. I applaud the action of the House of Lords, but I do not like the fact that the chamber is unelected. It is better since it was reformed and the right of hereditary peers to sit was abolished, but even so I would rather have an elected second chamber.

They can only hold up legislation, they can't prevent it. However, this does send a message.

Thanks (oh, see, I'm talking already).
Yep, to your first.
I'll worry re the message somehow not working.

I think it needs mentioning that two thirds of the electorate (i.e. those with a vote) took part in the referendum, and the vote was very close, 52% Leave - 48% Remain. That means very slightly over one-third voted leave, and very slightly under one-third voted remain. I don't call that 'democracy' in a decisive sense. When a 52% Remain - 48% Leave result was predicted in polls before the vote, the UKIP leader said such a close result would make it 'undemocratic' not have a second referendum. I notice they are silent about that now. So the whole issue is very contentious indeed. Many of us feel we have lived through a 21st century version of a fascist coup d'état, just like the one in the USA. So hurray for the Lords, and (maybe) hurray for Tony Blair.