Tag Archive for history

It’s The Queen Wot Won It!

Lord Soley

‘It’s The Sun Wot Won It’ was the headline in the Sun following the 1992 General election. I think my revised version applies to Alex Salmond becoming a born again Monarchist! Take this extract from an interview with Salmond: ‘Alex Salmond, the first minister of Scotland has just given a gushing interview about the Queen…

Art, History and Politics

Lord Soley

Before the election I was looking for ways to widen the appeal and scope of Lords of the Blog. The meat of what we do on a daily basis remains the key because we want people outside Parliament to know more about us and our work. That however, is never the whole picture. For me…