I am slightly nervous of using my first LordsoftheBlog post to be slightly controversial. I was given good advice when I moved up the corridor from the Commons to the Lords: “Remember they are very different, the Lords is much friendlier & it pays to be more consensual.” I have been mindful of trying to…
Question time on Thursday gave me the opportunity to make a point about training the Iraqi army and also about Chinese repression in Tibet. These are both contentious issues. Iraq. Whatever your views about the invasion of Iraq I hope people will agree that training the Iraqi army is vital for the future stability of the…
