I don’t often so strongly disagree with Baroness Murphy below but I do on this issue. The core is not the referendum on AV – that is the easy bit and if the Bill had been split into parts as it should have been then that could be back in the Commons now. The problem…
This Blog is not designed for party political battles although that inevitably influences some of the comments. Lord Tyler indicates in his post below that he feels very strongly that Labour was just being difficult for the sake of it. He was a very effective and vocal member in opposition both in the Commons and…
Rumours began to circulate last week that the Government was going to introduce a guillotine on House of Lords business for the first time in its history. I still don’t know how serious or real the threat was but it is now virtually certain that they will force through a constitutional Bill (the Parliamentary Voting…
Frustration with politicians often has its roots in anger about an issue where politicians talk tough but don’t really deliver. Bank bonuses are a classic example. There is very real anger about this and understandably so. There is also a very real problem. Financial services and banking are critically important to the UK economy but…
