Blog posts tagged "House of Lords"

November 15, 2010 8:58 am 28 Comments

It’s been a hot news period. Aung San Suu Kyi’s release from house arrest and the freedom of Paul and Rachel Chandler from their kidnap ordeal in Somalia. So spare a thought for the future governance of the United Kingdom...or not.

March 2, 2010 4:15 pm 28 Comments

One subject that guarantees a yawn amongst the chattering classes, and that is more or less anything to do with the House of Lords.

February 16, 2010 12:54 pm 12 Comments

Sir Ian Kennedy, the chairman of the Commons standards watchdog is reported today to be in a hurry to fix a new regime for MPs’ expenses before the next election ushers in a new slew of MPs. There is no such hurry in the House of Lords. Nor is anyone in the Lords over anxious [...]

February 8, 2010 11:11 am 41 Comments

Jon Snow blogs on the aftermath of the expense scandal and the call for real reform in the Houses of power.

November 16, 2009 9:10 am No Comments

The disrepute into which parliament has been dragged by the peers' and MPs' expenses scandal continues to dominate politics, over and above party rivalry, writes Jon Snow.

November 12, 2009 6:05 pm No Comments

Jon Snow blogs on the findings that Lord's expenses are not receipted.

October 26, 2009 1:55 pm No Comments

Why is there to be no ‘Legg style’ investigation into the expenses of members of the House of Lords? I have blogged before on the expenses culture in the House of Lords.

July 21, 2009 10:59 am No Comments

Yes another one joins the House of Lords for life. Alan Sugar is yet one more Labour appointed member of the Upper House pushing the number of peers well beyond the 700 mark.

June 10, 2009 12:49 pm No Comments

Gordon Brown will signal today whether the political classes “get it” when it comes to combating the expenses scandal in parliament. “Getting it” extends well beyond expenses to full-blown reform of our system of governance, as I have written here before.

June 1, 2009 12:15 pm No Comments

Gordon Brown talks of radical constitutional change. So does David Cameron. So does Nick Clegg. But is it going to happen? It was the 19th century radical John Bright who conjured the phrase “Mother of Parliaments”. It’s a cosy, reassuring concept and has often been distorted to suggest Westminster is the “Mother of Parliaments”.