Lord Soley

Intergovernmental Organisations select Committee – Geneva

Lord Soley

I shall be leaving for Geneva with other members of the Select Committee shortly and returning on Tuesday. We will be taking evidence form the World Health Organisation, UNITAID, (http://www.unitaid.eu/ ) Stop TB Partnership, The International federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, GAVI ( http://www.gavialliance.org/ ) and WIPO (http://www.wipo.int/portal/index.html.) amongst others. It’s a busy schedule but should…

Response to Bedd Gelert

Lord Soley

Bedd, you need to put your comment on to one of my entries if you want me to see it. I try and read many of the posts and comments but you can’t read all of them but obviously I am more likely to spot a question to me if it is linked to one…

Response to comments

Lord Soley

Firstly, a confession about my struggle with WordPress. I am used to working with Typepad and I find it more user friendly – hence the gap between some of my words and the lack of my name on one occasion! I hear your comments about Firefox and will pass those on. I have difficulty with…

Lordsoftheblog goes international

Lord Soley

Our fame is spreading. Last Thursday I did a ten minute interview about our blog for Australian radio and today a short interview for ABC – the US channel. They both found it difficult to understand that Lords can blog – I think their view of us is somewhat dated!

Football, Theo Walcott and Mary Seacole

Lord Soley

I have just seen Theo Walcott score a goal against Liverpool. This will enrage my son who is a Liverpool supporter but enthuse my daughter who is an Arsenal supporter. So what is my interest? Virtually none – I am a mobile embarrassment for my family when it comes to football. Theo Walcott gets a…