I’m taking a ‘sabbatical’ from the Lords for a little while, so this is my arrivederci blog. There’s no such thing as a sabbatical from the House of Lords of course but there doesn’t seem to be any other type of official leave that quite suits my circumstances. Leave of Absence seems reserved for the…
I and other bloggers attended a reception this evening – held in the River Room of the House of Lords, courtesy of the Lord Speaker – to mark the third birthday of Lords of the Blog. We welcomed many of you who comment regularly on the blog and were free to join us. Apart from hearing…
When Lords of the Blog began in March 2008, the project was unique, innovative and challenging for both the blogging Peers and the House of Lords. We hope that this is still very much the case! We have had some fascinating and sometimes heated debates, on subjects as varied as prostitution, home education and, of…
Andrew Marr has apparently attacked bloggers claiming they are ‘inadequate ranters’. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/oct/11/andrew-marr-bloggers Blogging does attract some people who can best described as sad, mad or bad and this is a problem but is traditional journalism really free of such sinners? Blogging adds to our information about the world we live in and gives people additional…
As Chairman of the Lords Information Committee, I want to tell you how we have got on in our Inquiry on “How can we improve the relations between Parliament and the Public?”. Obviously, this is now a sixty-four dollar question. Since we started in March we’ve received many many comments from people. We’re now having…
