Britain tyrannical as Syria with unelected Lords, says Lib Dem Speaking on Sky News, he suggested it was "ludicrous" for William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, to have been discussing "many undemocratic countries overseas" in an earlier interview on the Syrian crisis, while "here we are, with half of our legislature being appointed and not democratically elected." Pressed on his comparison of the Lords to Middle Eastern dictatorships, Mr Farron said: "Well if you've got a government that is not elected, that is a national embarrassment I would say, so it is something we should all be concerned about." Reforming the Lords will not be listed on his election leaflets "because it's not really a top campaigning issue," he said. But it doesn't mean that it's not utterly crucial to the future of our democracy and the Liberal Democrats are committed to making sure our democracy is at least dragged into the 20th century. Under the plans expected in the Queen's Speech, an initial 20 per cent of peers would be elected, with the proportion increasing over time. Mr Clegg has published plans for 80 per cent to 100 per cent of the Lords to be democratically elected. However, Tory ministers are said to be angry that Mr Clegg's Lords reform plan will use 20 days of parliamentary debating time during the next session, potentially squeezing out other planned reforms to pensions and universities. The Conservative leadership has reportedly agreed to the Bill in exchange for securing Lib Dem support for a review of constituency boundaries, which will reduce Labour's advantage in the electoral system. Senior Lib Dem sources attacked the "bitching" by Tories about how long the Bill would take to get through Parliament, warning that the Health Bill, which faces a possible Lib Dem rebellion in the Lords this week, is likely to take as long. "We want Lords reform," a senior Lib Dem source told The Telegraph. "We have been making the case for the basic democratic principle that you should elect the people that represent you for 100 years," the source said. We have always said that there will be a Bill in the second session. That is what we are going to go ahead with.