The UK is distinctive, although not unique, in having a second chamber. Some politicians favour abolition on principle, they see no grounds for a second chamber, and others favour abolition in preference to an elected chamber. This chapter focuses on those who believe in abolition on principle. At 1980 conference, Tony Benn said that within three months of a Labour government being elected it should introduce three major pieces of legislation. These were an Industry bill, a bill to transfer all powers back from the Common Market to the House of Commons, and immediate abolition of the House of Lords. The case for abolition derives from one of two perspectives: that the House, as a second chamber, is pointless or is objectionable. Abolitionists, though, have a claim that having a unicameral legislature is, in democratic terms, the pristine option.