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Greece and the Euro

Lord Soley 21/02/2012 – 11:23 pm

I am worried by the financial settlement for Greece. Although I think it is grossly unfair for Greeks to present the German Chancellor as Hitler there is an uncomfortable similarity between the position that we put Germany in after the First World War and what we are doing to the Greeks now. A nation and a people have to have hope and asking the Greeks to take this amount of pain until 2020 is […]

Written at 11:23 pm on 21/02/2012, by Lord Soley

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Creating a second chamber

Lord Norton 22/08/2008 – 8:46 am

I have spent the past few days in Switzerland advising members of the Iraqi Constitutional Review Committee on the establishment of a second chamber.  Agreement has been reached on creating a second chamber. The committee has responsibility for recommending the form it take. My role has essentially been twofold.  One has been to explain the second chamber in the UK.  The House of Lord […]

Written at 8:46 am on 22/08/2008, by Lord Norton


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Our fame spreads….

Lord Norton 16/05/2008 – 4:58 pm

I had a quick look at the statistics for the blog early this morning.  By that stage, as is usual, it had only attracted a small number of visitors.  By chance, I looked again at lunchtime and the line on the graph had suddenly shot up, way beyond the normal daily traffic.  I kept checking - the figure reached four-figures and continued climbing.  By this evening, we had the largest numbers o […]

Written at 4:58 pm on 16/05/2008, by Lord Norton


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