I am one of many independent (Crossbench) Peers and would like to introduce you to my background in my first guest blog. In the late 1960s I visited Northern Ireland as the civil rights protests began to turn into armed conflicts. In 1971 I began to take part in the work of the House of…
I have the distinction of being rather old. This is, of course, one reason why I greatly enjoy being in the House of Lords. I am lucky enough to have had a job all my life – five years working in Canada, 15 in the City of London, and then 23 years as a Member…
Given my enthusiastic support for the Lords of the Blog project, when it was suggested by one of the users of the site that I should explain more about my role, I was very happy to respond – specially since this is a “guest spot”, which means I don’t have to show the same impressive…
