A week after being elected as the House of Lords Parliamentary Party’s representative to the Lib Dem Federal Executive, Chris Rennard has resigned – effectively forced out after Tim Farron publicly called for him to go. Farron’s statement itself followed a demand by more than 200 Lib Dem members for a special conference to debate… Continue reading The Rennard debacle: better to rock the boat than have the tail wag the dog
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The anti-people’s budget and the constitutional crisis that isn’t
The government rhetoric about the House of Lords’ threat to derail their cherished plan to cut tax credits has been extraordinary over the last few days. To believe it, you would have to think that we are in the deadlocked position Parliament found itself between 1909 and 1911, when the then Liberal government attempted to… Continue reading The anti-people’s budget and the constitutional crisis that isn’t
Police probe into Lords fraud should start with ex-cop
The police are said to be launching an investigation into expenses fraud in the House of Lords a year after the Mirror caught disgraced peer Lord Hanningfield claiming £300 expenses before immediately leaving. This is a year after the Mirror investigation, but the scandal has been well known years before that. My old organisation Unlock… Continue reading Police probe into Lords fraud should start with ex-cop