First, the vote was for a new member of the House of Lords rather than the Commons, and by an odd procedure that strains even Britain's notoriously elastic constitutional arrangements.

第一，这次选举是选上议院议员而不是下议院议员，而且选举程序怪异的恪守堪称英国臭名昭著的灵活的法制体系。

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Cromwell supported the creation of an other house in Parliament, which would consist of 40 to 70 people to be chosen by him and then approved by the Commons - a house of Lords in all but name.

克伦威尔主张国会设立另一议院包括40至70人由他选任并经下议院批准——实质等同上议院不过名衔有别。

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What does it matter what happens outside? The House of Commons may do what it likes, and so may the House of Lords.

外面发生什么事又有何妨？下院想干什么就干什么吧，上院也可如此。

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It is the seat of the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons).

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