On 18th March the House of Lords had a “Take Note” debate with 21 speakers – Hansard cols 99 to 154. Opinions ranged from “don’t appease aggression or reward breaches of international law”, to “don’t start a new cold war, let alone a hot one”. At cols 122 to 123, I argued that the Organization…
“You are not what we expected” is quite often the response from people when they have invited a Baroness to speak but have not looked up my biography. Their response is normally in relation to my age and for that they can be forgiven as the average age for Members of the House of Lords…
It is wonderful at my stage of life to still be doing new things – so here is my first ever blog. To start, let me introduce myself. Born in Yorkshire and brought up in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, I studied Veterinary Science at university. I have spent my career as a veterinary surgeon in practice, in…
Lords Bradshaw and Berkeley Initial commentary on implications of Sir David Higgins’ HS2 review, for the London end of HS2 17 March 2014 Sir David Higgins’ Review had some very sensible suggestions, including extending the line to Crewe at an early stage to avoid the traffic jam that would be caused by all those trains…
David Higgins’ Review had some very sensible suggestions, including extending the line to Crewe at an early stage to avoid the traffic jam that would be caused by all those trains from HS2 and WCML converging onto the WCML there. I also welcome the removing the HS1-2 link; it was never fit for purpose, either…
Now here’s a parliamentary irony. Had I booked a room in the Commons end of the Palace of Westminster last week to celebrate some political anniversaries, and the publication of my new book “Who Decides?”, I would have been permitted to sell copies to the friends and colleagues who attended. MPs and former MPs may…
