The failure of David Steel’s Lords reform measure is good news
The attitude of former Liberal Party leader David Steel to Nick Clegg’s House of Lords reform proposals has been lukewarm at best. … Read the full post »
Read my posts about the upper chamber in Parliament, the House of Lords. Despite over a century of promised and attempted democratic reforms, it is still unelected, and even still has some hereditary peers in it.
The attitude of former Liberal Party leader David Steel to Nick Clegg’s House of Lords reform proposals has been lukewarm at best. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #16 covers the latest disputes over tax between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives. … Read the full post »
A new public opinion polls shows that nearly three-quarters of the public (71%) wants elections introduced for the House of Lords. … Read the full post »
There wouldn’t normally appear to be much of a connection between private universities and House of Lords reform, but… … Read the full post »
In a speech to the Demos think tank today, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will use some particularly robust language about seeing through House of Lords reform: There is a typical Westminster village cynicism that Lords reform is never going to happen because it has not happened in 100 years. I have no doubt that … Read the full post »
Two immediate ways you can support the campaign for House of Lords reform are… … Read the full post »
One of the speakers in the Lords reform debate at Liberal Democrat conference was former party leader Ming Campbell, who not only backed the plans for elections to a reformed upper house but also directly addressed the Lib Dem peers who have been talking of opposing the introduction of elections. … Read the full post »
Saturday at Liberal Democrat conference in Birmingham was the scene for two party rebellions to surface – one opposed by the party leadership and one likely to bring the leadership benefits. … Read the full post »
Aside from the debate at Liberal Democrat conference on Lords reform, there’s another important opportunity to have your say on Lords reform at the moment. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrats for Lords Reform is putting together a list of all the Liberal Democrat peers, their views on Lords reform and the best contact details for them. … Read the full post »