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Yep, the Supreme Court really is just a House of Lords—a purely political branch with bizarre veto power, wielded capriciously and without accountability. Time for massive reform.

To expand: The UK's reactionary House of Lords once had a powerful veto that it would use to block liberal legislation from the House of Commons—including a gov't budget in 1909. So the Liberals threatened to pack it—with *500* more members. The Lords backed down & let their veto to be weakened.

To put that figure in context, the Liberal threat would have roughly doubled the size of the House of Lords in one fell swoop. If you're thinking court packing, think big. Much bigger than 13.

The HoL that you’re referring to hasn’t ever been a court. It’s an archaic second house of parliament with relatively limited powers. There was an unconnected, HoL of 12 apolitical judges - the UK’s final court of appeal. It was renamed the UK Supreme Court in 2009 - partly to avoid the confusion

Sorry - wasn’t trying to be argumentative - but the roles of the two HoL were/are often (understandably) confused.