Busy, busy, busy… but I did find the time to write a piece on Lords reform over on Comment is Free last night. I had originally written a totally different article, but in researching it I got increasingly annoyed by the same old canards against elections coming up again and again. Get with the program… Continue reading The House of Canards (Comment is Free)
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Is it time to revisit rules on lobbying Lords?
Cameron is to capitulate over Lord Oakeshott’s private members’ bill aimed at ousting peers who are resident abroad for tax purposes. The clear target of the bill, Michael Ashcroft, who is currently running a Messagespace advertising campaign to push his two latest books, has this to say about his beloved Belize on his website: Belize… Continue reading Is it time to revisit rules on lobbying Lords?
Brown Meme
Praguetory has tagged me with Matt Wardman’s Brown Meme. Unlike a lot of memes, this one seems to have the potential for an interesting debate, so here goes: * 2 things Gordon Brown should be proud of. – Helping to make Labour electable – (Most of) Labour’s constitutional reform agenda in their first term of… Continue reading Brown Meme