So hello again…I’ve been rather lonely over there in Lords in Purdah with Lord Norton plowing his own furrow; I hope we didn’t lose you all. Goodness it was good telly last night wasn’t it? Gordon Brown looked more cheerful leaving No 10 than he ever did while in it and both he and David…
Thank you all so much for your patience during our period in Purdah. Lords of the Blog is now back up and running! I imagine there is quite a bit that our bloggers are waiting to write about and discuss with Lords of the Blog fans….. Beccy Allen, Hansard Society
The BBC says that we are to have full Lords reform early in the session, with a move to complete proportional representation.If that turns out to be the case, I think that we should welcome it. Our political representation is almost PR as it is. We’re used to minority parties – we’ve had Plaid and…
Both Houses of Parliament dissolved on 12 April with the general election in the UK on 6 May. We have been instructed by the House of Lords Administration that Lords of the Blog needs to observe the rules of purdah during the election period. We were hoping this would just mean careful management of content…
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!
For those regular readers who want to see just how mad our world can be, I strongly recommend reading Hansard for the more than nine hours of washing-up we did in the Lords yesterday. Or you can watch the video – the relevant section is about 33 minutes in. In brief, we spent all that…
Sitting here in Tuscany on a glorious spring day it’s hard to worry about wash-up or indeed the forthcoming election. We bloggers have given some thought as to how we should tackle parliamentary purdah and the upshot of it was that we shall steer clear of outright political issues until the silly season is all…
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…
I hope we haven’t lost too many of you during our recent refurbishment and I hope even more that you approve of the decor!
