Another first for the House of Lords! Lord Paul became the first member of Asian origin to sit on the Woolsack. http://www.parliament.uk/about/glossary.cfm?ref=woolsac_4660 The Lords have become much more representative of British society than the Commons in recent years. Baroness Amos was the first black woman to become leader of the House – even before Barak Obama…
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Getting it wrong
by Lord Norton • • 15 Comments
I was listening to Broadcasting House on Radio 4 on Sunday morning when they introduced a listener, an American novelist, who wanted to complain about the coverage in the UK of American politics. She took exception to references to ‘swing states’ on the grounds that Americans took the view that each vote counted as equal. …
