Tag Archives: House of Lords

Whatever your thoughts on House of Lords reform, ‘the economy is more important’ is a lousy excuse

There are all kinds of legitimate positions about reform of the House of Lords. All elected, all appointed, some combination of both, even the abolishment of the house altogether. But…

6 days is all it takes to tear up an unwritten constitution

So we have a Tory-Lib Dem coalition. Masses has been written about all the pros and cons of this, and I may return to some more themes in a later…

Mandelson cannot resign a life peerage (even if Prentis and Dizzy want him to)

A post at Dizzy Thinks caught my eye. Gordon Prentice MP, never one to beat about the bush – has said stated this in a Commons motion: That this House…