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What happened to statesmanship?

Lord Soley 21/05/2012 – 6:00 am

Whatever you views about the Euro or about the EU it cannot possibly be in our interests to sit on the side-lines criticising and lecturing. I cannot think of any post war British Prime Minister,Conservative or Labour, who would have made the mistake of sounding like a petulant politician rather than a statesman. We are [...]

Written at 6:00 am on 21/05/2012, by Lord Soley

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The EU and the Euro crisis

Lord Soley 14/05/2012 – 7:54 pm

In the Queen’s speech there was an interesting contribution by Lord Owen. He warned of a growing crisis that will pose a major challenge to the UK. If the Euro does disintegrate then we will be badly affected but if it continues it will only do so as part of an ever closer union. In [...]

Written at 7:54 pm on 14/05/2012, by Lord Soley

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Queen’s speech and the constitution

Lord Soley 14/05/2012 – 7:38 pm

I spoke on House of Lords reform (again!) in the Queens speech and like a growing number of members indicated that the way forward should be to set up a constituional convention as recommended in the alternative report on the draft Bill. This would allow us to look at the need for reform of the [...]

Written at 7:38 pm on 14/05/2012, by Lord Soley

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Lords Reform – Part Four

Lord Soley 30/04/2012 – 5:00 am

This completes my current entry following the other three posts below. So where do we go from here. Saying ‘no’ to the present Bill is common sense but what is the alternative. Both Houses need reform but if we are not to re write our constitution then it needs to be gradualist. Tony Blair took [...]

Written at 5:00 am on 30/04/2012, by Lord Soley

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Rupert Murdoch and Alex Salmond

Lord Soley 27/04/2012 – 4:59 pm

It should come as no surprise that Rupert Murdoch wants to back Alex Salmond’s independence policy. It’s the same policy that leads him to oppose EU membership. Anything that protects his power and diminishes the power of the regulator is his idea of good governance. Breaking up the United Kingdom weakens all the constituent parts. [...]

Written at 4:59 pm on 27/04/2012, by Lord Soley

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