Tag Archives: The Times

"Never underestimate the wisdom of the Lords"

Lord Norton 02/02/2009 – 11:06 pm

Given the negative coverage that the Lords has received recently, it is nice to see that Rachel Sylvester has an article in The Times in which she argues "there is a danger of learning the wrong lessons from this incident and of losing sight of what is good about the Upper Chamber".   She makes the case for the positive features of the House - the knowledge of the members, the less partisan at […]

Attracting media attention

Lord Norton 27/05/2008 – 6:33 pm

 In response to my earlier post on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, Bedd Gelert made some suggestions as to how the House of Lords might increase its media profile.  I have responded to his comments but I thought it may be helpful to reproduce my response here.  He mentions that there is merit in not attracting a lot of attention but there may be a case for inviting sketch-writers t […]