At this time of the year our attention turns to the parliamentary session ahead. The party conferences give a clue as to what to expect: yes, it is possible that the next few weeks could be stormy politically, but equally external (financial) fireworks could persuade everyone to hold tight to the status quo. However, the day to day…
I have just returned from a visit to Southern Afghanistan as a guest of the military in Camp Bastion and Kandahar – two enormous sites separated by about 30 minutes flight time. I have been a fairly regular visitor to Afghanistan since the early 1980s but this was completely different. The purpose of our small…
The other day I had occasion to call in to my office on a Sunday evening; I came in to the Houses of Parliament via the only entrance open and cut through Westminster Hall. It was twilight, the immense Hall was absolutely deserted – just me and HISTORY. For the first time the impact of…
How come all you people out there like Ladytizzy and Matthew and Senex are so forgiving. There was I carelessly promising to continue blogging while away – and didn’t; only to come back and find the stalwarts such as Lords Norton, Tyler and Soley and Lady Murphy being entirely faithful. Anyway I said I would find…
I am not sure why being at the House of Lords is so exhausting but it is! I had thought of making a private note of my daily tasks if only to convince myself that I was actually achieving something. It would be dead boring to recount all the innumerable events in any one day…
