Category Archives: Lord Tyler

Elections in the Lords

Lord Tyler 11/06/2013 – 12:26 pm

All Peers have just been alerted by the Clerk of the Parliaments that there will be a “Hereditary Peers’ By-election on 16 July:  “The death of Lord Reay on 10 May 2013 has created a vacancy among the excepted hereditary peers who sit in the House of Lords.” Because he was a Deputy Speaker “under Standing Order 10(3), his successor will be elected by the whole House.” You will reca […]

Written at 12:26 pm on 11/06/2013, by Lord Tyler

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Events

Lord Tyler 04/06/2013 – 1:54 pm

On 17th April, I and some colleagues in the other parties were due to host a cross-party seminar on a Draft Bill to reform party funding regulations. Then Baroness Thatcher died, and her funeral was scheduled to begin in Westminster Hall – right next to where the seminar was planned to take place – that very same day. Since she may not have approved of such cross-party liaison, this was furt […]

Written at 1:54 pm on 04/06/2013, by Lord Tyler

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Commonsense from the Circus

Lord Tyler 08/05/2013 – 5:12 pm

Though I mean no disrespect to Her Majesty, I cannot bring myself to get cloaked up in ermine each year, to hear her tell us what “her” government will do.  The scene of peers all huddled in their red dressing gowns is endlessly recycled in the media – whenever the Lords is mentioned – despite the fact that for all but this one day of the year Peers wear simple, smart business attire.  I […]

Written at 5:12 pm on 08/05/2013, by Lord Tyler

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Words Matter

Lord Tyler 29/04/2013 – 1:20 pm

Last week the otherwise excellent Leader of the House, Lord (Jonathan) Hill, dismissed my complaint that he was claiming both democratic legitimacy, and effective assessment of, the merit of topics for debate because they were subject to a "ballot". This was his justification for resisting the election of a Backbench Debates Committee: the current "ballot" for "balloted debates" (he used the de […]

Written at 1:20 pm on 29/04/2013, by Lord Tyler

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Who best represents the public interest?

Lord Tyler 20/03/2013 – 1:03 pm

In a curious way, we seem to be back to normal:  the so-called “popular press” may now concentrate their fire – and their investigative effort – entirely on the political class, with the occasional foray into “celebrity” territory, and leave “real people” in peace. While the newspapers chose politicians and self-appointed publicity-seekers as their targets for hacking phones, s […]

Written at 1:03 pm on 20/03/2013, by Lord Tyler

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