Lord Soley

Expenses

Lord Soley

As I feared and predicted in my last post (see below) David Laws MP has had to resign. I don’t want to add much more to what I have said below except that if we don’t get our expenses system onto a more logical and rational basis we will continue to have cases like this with all…

Expenses, expenses, expenses

Lord Soley

Just as we politicians thought it was safe to go back in the water another swimmer falls to the Telegraph shark! I think David Laws MP is in an impossible situation as the rules do not allow him to keep personal relationships confidential when he stays in a second home subsidised by the taxpayer. I think…

Liberal conservatives

Lord Soley

I think this is fascinating! As Labour did rather better than I thought we would do I can now enjoy some of the anomalies. I bumped into Norman Tebbit the other day and said that I never thought I would live to see the day that he became an honorary member of the Liberal party!…

Painting and Decorating

Lord Soley

So OK – I confess. I thought we were being painted and decorated as well! In fact it’s just that the furniture has all been re arranged back stage. Maybe my punishment is to accept the offer of not having my house painted for a couple of hundred pounds – nice one!

Parenting support on the internet

Lord Soley

I am really impressed by the way people use the internet and it is most encouraging when you see how groups of people with a shared interest can network and inform themselves about the world around them and how they interact with it. I discovered the polling carried out by the Daycare Trust http://www.daycaretrust.org.uk/pages/keeping-mum-childcare-as-a-vote-winning-issue.html and…