I have previously written about the long summer recesses. The Times today has an editorial arguing the case for Parliament’s deliberations to be spread more evenly over the year. As it notes, MPs are not on holiday for the period of the recess, but nonetheless the recess means that government goes on with no parliamentary…
Lord Norton’s got an interesting thread going, Lord Soley’s said his bit again and I’ll remind everyone that I gave my view about our Lords allowances system in my blog on 20 July 2008. If we are to avoid the House of Lords being occupied solely by the independently wealthy or those on generous pensions there has…
My fellow blogger, Frances D’Souza, and I have been interviewed about the ‘LordsoftheBlog’ project for the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘The Week in Westminster’, broadcast on Saturday morning. Even the respected journalist Elinor Goodman – hostess of this week’s discussion – couldn’t resist challenging us on our motives. Is this just PR (that is ‘public…
