On Thursday afternoon, 3rd December, there was a debate on the future of the BBC, led by Lord Fowler, chairman of the Lords’ Communication Committee. The House is often quite critical of the BBC in debate, especially around the time of Charter renewal which, in the past, has taken place every ten years. On this…
The BBC has picked up on a written answer from Baroness Royall on the cost of Parliament, showing that the cost of the Lords this past year was down on the previous year. As the figures also show, the cost of running the Lords is almost a quarter of the cost of running the Commons. We tend…
In an earlier post, on 27 October, I wrote about an American novelist who had been interviewed on the BBC’s Broadcasting House to object to the term ‘swing states’ in the coverage of the US elections and to claim that Britons were more racist than Americans. I took issue with the assertions made in the…
Further to Lord Norton’s entry below I also thought this debate was well worth while. Lords of the Blog is clearly attracting interest but we still do not have enough members taking part. I want to work on getting some more Lords blogging next year – that’s my New Year resolution! I also have to…
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. …
