To my surprise I’ve gone from being snowbound in Norfolk to being snowbound in Tuscany. The forecast suggests it will quickly turn to rain but meanwhile the olive trees and vines take on a rare appearance. A young Italian friend got stuck coming up our steep lane this morning and we had to dig her…
Snowed in at home in Norfolk on Saturday, a slight rise in the freezing temperatures means we are now able to slide a car slowly down the lane to the main road rather like steering a boat. I had some sympathy with Senators in the US yesterday, trying to get into their crucial vote on…
I was a going to blog about the Equality Bill this week, so much to say about it, both positive and negative but perhaps I’ll save that for when we return from Recess for the committee stages of the Bill. Instead I want to return to the right to die and the case of Kerrie…
Lady D’Souza has ventured into the dangerous waters of the SSRB report on peers’ remuneration so I’ll do so too. I note the expected unsympathetic comments and expect nothing less to my blog too but think it’s right at least to tell you what people are saying in the tea room where the talk among…
I’ve just got back from the launch in the Commons of ‘Rethink Politics’ an initiative funded by the Electoral Commission, supported by Rethink, the Mental Health charity, aimed at encouraging partcipation in politics by people who have been affected by mental illness. One of the successes of the project has been to get 5000 service users onto the…
