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Congolese Elections: Democratisation is a process, not an event.

Lord McConnell 30/01/2012 – 2:14 pm

  On December 17 2010, a young Tunisian man set himself on fire.  This desperate act helped to spark a political revolution in the Arab world.  Images of people revolting against notoriously oppressive regimes captivated onlookers worldwide.  More than a year later, the world is indeed a different place – long-term dictators have been unseated, governments shuffled or disbanded altogeth […]

Written at 2:14 pm on 30/01/2012, by Lord McConnell

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Why voting matters

Lord Soley 23/10/2011 – 10:55 pm

This picture and story is for anyone who can't be bothered voting. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/23/tunisians-flock-to-vote-free-elections A Palestinian Party member in my old constituency was close to tears when he voted for the first time in his life having gained British nationality - rather like the woman in the story. I have acted as an international observer in a couple of e […]

Written at 10:55 pm on 23/10/2011, by Lord Soley

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To Vote or not to Vote

Baroness Murphy 18/11/2010 – 6:14 pm

In the debate on Members Leaving the House, referred to in Lord Tyler’s recent blog (Exit Routes 2) Lord Hunt of Kings Heath referred to the fact that voting by crossbenchers was, in his word, “limited”. (http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201011/ldhansrd/text/101116-0001.htm#10111631000356). While our benches protested in a mild kind of way with an “Oh!”,  Lord Hunt of Kings He […]

Written at 6:14 pm on 18/11/2010, by Baroness Murphy


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Abstaining from voting

Lord Norton 20/07/2010 – 11:00 am

When a vote is called, peers can vote Content or Not Content.  The voting figures do not always correspond with how many peers are present.  On occasion, some members abstain from voting.  The reason the Government lost a vote last week on the Academies Bill was because of a combination of some Liberal Democrat peers abstaining and cross-bench peers dividing disproportionately against the Gover […]

Written at 11:00 am on 20/07/2010, by Lord Norton


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The status of Bishops

Lord Norton 17/03/2010 – 12:54 pm

There were some interesting exchanges in the House yesterday when Viscount Tenby asked at Question Time whether the Government planned to change the law to allow peers to vote in general elections.  He pointed out that, if prisoners were allowed to vote, the only people barred from voting would be those deemed incapable of voting and peers.   The following were among the  exchanges that took […]

Written at 12:54 pm on 17/03/2010, by Lord Norton


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