The seemingly endless flow of new peers (ALL of them no doubt very worthy and able to make a significant contribution) is worrying on at least one major count, namely the approach of an overall coalition Government majority. The Lords Norton and Lucas have already blogged about this but it is worth more words. The…
My colleague Lord Hylton received an interesting answer to a written question last week. I have delayed blogging about it because I thought he might be doing so … but here goes. The question concerns how many sections and/or schedules to Acts of Parliament since 1997 have not commenced and the staggering answer is about…
In a previous blog I banged on about Afghanistan – but noted that, as before, this is not a topic of great interest to the world of bloggers. It seems that what really turns you on are finer points of constitutional change, quizzes and (money)expenses. So I thought I would try and combine at least…
I went to a rather refreshing lecture last Friday which ruthlessly exposed the futility of current military efforts in Afghanistan. Rory Stewart, the lecturer, demonstrated that the 100,000 odd soldiers in Southern Afghanistan will not and cannot result in a lessening of terrorism and its export, eradicate the drug culture, create anything approaching democratic processes,…
The Blog has been strangely silent over the bank holiday week-end – does this suggest that most of you blog only at work or that you are all out and about pursuing hobbies? I mentioned the possibility of a referendum on an elected House of Lords at last week’s meeting of Lord Norton’s Reform Group. It was…
