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Rapid Intervention Border Force

Lord Soley 27/10/2010 – 8:43 am

Today David Cameron will be phoning the French and German leaders to try and persuade them not to change existing EU treaties or make new one. The Conservatives are committed to a referendum if the EU powers are increased. The EU is still a sensitive issue for the Conservative Party and particularly delicate given the opposing views within the Liberal Democrats. So what will he make of the new Rap […]

Written at 8:43 am on 27/10/2010, by Lord Soley


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Art, History and Politics

Lord Soley 09/06/2010 – 6:18 pm

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 the long history of the struggle for freedom, democracy and the rule of law are profoundly important and I have always […]

Written at 6:18 pm on 09/06/2010, by Lord Soley


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Political engagement

Baroness Murphy 30/06/2008 – 2:41 pm

I want to pick up on a theme Lord Norton has raised once or twice, about the perceived problem of political disengagement, especially amomg the young. You know, the poor voting record in elections, the small numbers who join political parties and so on. I would like to suggest that it is a symptom of a deep-seated feeling that everything in the world is basically safe and that life will more or le […]

Written at 2:41 pm on 30/06/2008, by Baroness Murphy


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