At last! I feel as though I have been a lone voice calling for the international community to accept the principle of removing the most brutal dictators from power – or regime change as it is now called. Now it seems to be increasingly accepted as the statement from Obama, Sarkozy and Cameron indicate. As…
I think I came dangerously close to sacrilege last Thursday! Lord Roberts of Llandudno had asked a question on prayers in the House of Lords. Just before questions in the House there is a period of prayer led by a Bishop for all those who want to attend. Lord Roberts wanted to include those of other faiths…
Lord Hollick led a wide ranging debate last Thursday to call attention ‘to the case for policies to support economic growth and to promote investment, innovation, technology, infrastructure, skills and job creation’. Because of the large number of Lords wishing to speak we were limited to the absurdly short time of 4 minutes each! Surely this…
The House held a very good debate on Libya last Friday. The main problem we had was the number of speakers – not itself a problem but it meant we were limited to a maximum of 7 minutes. I focusses my comments on the need for intervention and the problem of post conflict policy. You…
This was an interesting question initially focussed on the powers of the Welsh assembly but which quickly focussed on presumed consent. The issue is whether presumed consent would be more effective than a publicity campaign in increasing the number of donors. Having listened to the arguments especially about the influence of the deceased family members…
