Yesterday was a depressing day on the economy. Unlike the constant gloom from the Eurozone, the latest unemployment figures felt very immediate and close to home. An extra 63,000 unemployed young people aged 18-25 was a worse increase than I had feared and raises the worries that once again we will have a generation scarred…
Many people I suspect see the House of Lords as a largely static body. Nothing could be further from the truth. We lose about twenty members a year. The three most recent losses are Lord Bledisloe, a distinguished lawyer, Lord Blaker, a former minister, and Lord Kingsland, the Shadow Lord Chancellor. We also acquire new members,…
