Lord Soley

Olympic Games

Lord Soley

I am not a great sports watcher so I wasn’t planning on watching the Olympic ceremony but I decided to watch the beginning – and then I just couldn’t turn the TV off! I think Danny Boyle and his team plus all the volunteers were superb. Humour – Mr Bean and the wonderful James Bond…

We Won!!!

Lord Soley

I was delighted to be present at the Nominet awards http://nia.nominet.org.uk/winners/2012 in the Saatchi Gallery last night with Beccy Allen and Michael Raftery from Hansard. Photograph here: http://nia.nominet.org.uk/galleries/2012?page=0%2C9 We were in the last group – Online Public Services and Information – the short listed organisations were read out and then the runner up announced. With…

EU Referendum

Lord Soley

An interesting bit of footwork by David Cameron on an EU referendum. I’m not sure that it will unify his party but it is a good try! Thinking about events over the last few weeks it is hard to see how Britain is going to stay a full member of the EU. The banking crisis…

The Leveson Inquiry

Lord Soley

The Inquiry has now published recent written evidence. You can read it here: http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/about/module-4-submissions-on-the-future-regime-for-the-press/ I submitted evidence in January and added to it in May at their request. I also sent a copy of my Bill from 1991. You can see all three on the site. There is also other interesting evidence from the industry,…