I have previously done a post on the competition to find the outstanding life peer of the past fifty years. There was a shortlist of twelve, listed in my previous post. Peers voted for one of the twelve on the list. The result was announced by the Lord Speaker at a ceremony in Westminster Hall…
I thought I would take a leaf out of Iain Dale’s book (or rather blog) and announce when I am doing the occasional broadcast. I will be on Radio 4’s The Week in Westminster this week (Saturday 11.00 a.m.), debating the White Paper on Lords reform with Chris Bryant MP. The presenter is Peter Riddell.
ladytizzy asked about dining in the Lords. There are various restaurants, cafes and bars in the Palace of Westminster. I won’t try and cover them all in a single post, but rather comment on particular dining outlets in different posts. When I am in Westminster, I try to get in early and have breakfast in…
For those interested in pursuing my point about an elected second chamber not necessarily being the ‘democratic’ option, you can access the text of the talk I gave last December at a seminar on Lords reform organised by the Leader of the House, Baroness Ashton, on: http://www.lordsleader.gov.uk/files/pdf/Dec_07_PN_Leaders_Seminar.pdf My starting point is the form of constitution I…
The White Paper on Lords reform appears to have been received with indifference, buried away on the inside pages of the broadsheets and treated as a second-order item by BBC News Online. Even ministers apparently had lost interest before it had even been published. It is not difficult to see why. As I anticipated, it…
