I see that Daniel Hannan was invited to comment on my previous post and he wrote: “Lord Norton, who is a clever and learned man, knows very well that journalists don’t write their own headlines. And it’s not the period from 1945-1970 that I regard as the golden age of parliamentary supremacy, but the period…
This morning´s edition of The Daily Telegraph has an article by Daniel Hannan headed “Let´s return to the good old days when MPs didn´t always toe the party line”. The only problem with this is that there were no “good old days”. Far from MPs becoming more prone to toe the party line, the movement…
In the Palace of Westminster, the committee corridor (pictured) has been at the hub of committee activity, though it now has competition. The corridor is remarkable for being a long, unbroken corridor running the length of much of the Palace. It has sixteen committee rooms overlooking the Thames. Committee Room 14 is the largest and…
This week there are again three questions. The first two readers to submit the correct answers to all three will be declared the winners. 1. The Lords Spiritual comprise the Archbishops of Canterbury and York and the Bishops of Durham, London and Winchester ex officio. The remaining 21 Bishops sit by virtue of their seniority. …
In a comment on the previous post, ladytizzy refers to the restoration work undertaken to the statue of Richard I that stands in Old Palace Yard in front of the Peers’ Entrance to the House of Lords. The work, to return the statute to its original glory, is now complete. I watched a workman remove the remaining boards round it…
