Perhaps we could have more about the important work this committee have done to identify the erosion of our civil liberties through the surveillance state ?
More to the point – what, if anything can the noble Lords to help ?
Media coverage about the snow is nothing new. I still remember the Weekending sketch lampooning the media reports of the winter of 86. They did the first part of a special edition where Professor Quatermass investigated the white stuff that was covering the country.
I always remember that winter because the RAF base where we lived was actually cut off from the outside world for 3 days. My brother remembers that some cars on the road that connected us to the outside world were completely buried by the snow.
As it wasn’t so bad up in Newcastle, on Monday one of my colleagues wondered whether there was enough snow down there to really justify stopping the buses, the tube, etc.
Noodles
06/02/2009 at 2:57 pm
I wonder if the shocking lack of any organised plan to ensure road safety will result in an investigation of some description? Several major roads throughout the South West, and presumably around the country, were not gritted despite more than adequate warning. This has been a dismal failure by someone and is surely worthy of investigation.
It was good fun to be out in it though!
Mark
06/02/2009 at 11:08 pm
Oh, how trite.
I thought this blog was for considered, informed and thoughtful posts.
I have already built an Anderson shelter in my backgarden
No, Lord Soley, THIS is the most dangerous threat to the British way of life etc..
http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/lords_constitution_committee.cfm
Perhaps we could have more about the important work this committee have done to identify the erosion of our civil liberties through the surveillance state ?
More to the point – what, if anything can the noble Lords to help ?
Media coverage about the snow is nothing new. I still remember the Weekending sketch lampooning the media reports of the winter of 86. They did the first part of a special edition where Professor Quatermass investigated the white stuff that was covering the country.
I always remember that winter because the RAF base where we lived was actually cut off from the outside world for 3 days. My brother remembers that some cars on the road that connected us to the outside world were completely buried by the snow.
As it wasn’t so bad up in Newcastle, on Monday one of my colleagues wondered whether there was enough snow down there to really justify stopping the buses, the tube, etc.
I wonder if the shocking lack of any organised plan to ensure road safety will result in an investigation of some description? Several major roads throughout the South West, and presumably around the country, were not gritted despite more than adequate warning. This has been a dismal failure by someone and is surely worthy of investigation.
It was good fun to be out in it though!
Oh, how trite.
I thought this blog was for considered, informed and thoughtful posts.