I am not going to comment on the allegations against the four Members named in the press as they have yet to state their defence but already immense damage has been done to the reputation of the House. So while we wait for further reform of the Lords (which in my view ought to be incremental)…
Just whenI was getting a little optimistic about the changing leadership roles in the Taliban I discover another horror story. On Monday in north west Pakistan they blew up five schools. They have now destroyed 180 schools and,of course, banned education for girls. The Taliban are getting more control in this area of Pakistan which…
More bad news from Russia. Yet another human rights activist has been shot in a well used public street in daylight. The murderers never seem to get caught. It’s impossible to have any real confidence in the police and judicial system in Russia. Tragic.
With Barack Obama being sworn in today it seems a good moment to give ourselves a small pat on the back for being the least racist country in Europe and also for the House of Lords being more diverse in its ethnicity and disability than the Commons. I have always known that racism in most of…
How the world changes! An ex Russian spy buys a British newspaper. What would Ian Fleming have made of it?! Maybe the current and soon to be deposed editor, Veronica Wadley, was Moneypenny all the time!
