The clue is in the title, it doesn’t mean a grumpy peer but one who has no party affiliation. We prefer now to call ourselves Independent crossbench peers (or ICPs) because the important bit is the independence. Most peers vote according to their Political Party line – or if they are seriously at odds with…
This was published today in the Times and brings the total correspondence in the past couple of weeks to five letters of which four strongly support if not a wholly appointed House of Lords at least a plea that the forthcoming White Paper takes the majority vote in favour of an all appointed House into…
There is always adminstrative work to be done in the Independent Crossbench Peers’ office and the top of the list seems always to be desk space! This is one of the most pressing issues and will not be resolved until the Millbank site becomes fully functional in 2015. It says something for the spirit and…
In December my colleague Independent Peer Baroness Chapman went along to Trafalgar Square, armed with a BBC camera to highlight the discrimination that wheelchair users often experience when trying to hail a taxi. The filming was broadcast on BBC1 Breakfast TV on three occasions on Tuesday 18 December 2007. Click on the link below to…
