Another quick question for those wishing to test their grey cells over the Christmas period. There are four members of the House of Lords who hold or have held university posts as professors of politics and who have served, in one capacity or another, in the Politics Department of Hull University. Who are they?
Should you be running out of questions for festive family quizzes, here are a couple in the format suggested by hifranc. Who are the two peers? Peer 1: My father sat as an MP for Hull between the wars. I am the longest-serving peer of my party in the House of Lords. Who am I? Peer…
In my previous post, I referred to the late Lord Longford’s A History of the House of Lords. In it, he refers to the post-war House and the work of the then Marquess of Salisbury, a Conservative Cabinet minister in the 1950s and an advocate of reform of the House; his pressure was probably responsible…
The successor to Sir Michael Willcocks as Black Rod was announced last week. Sir Michael finishes his term of office next May and will be succeeded by Lt-Gen. Sir Freddie Viggers. The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod and Serjeant at Arms of the House of Lords – to use his full title – is best known…
The House has now risen for the Christmas recess. I am already using the time to catch up on a mass of paperwork as well as responding to comments on my earlier posts. I also plan to use the recess to do some posts on topics that I have been asked to write about. I also thought…
