The Hansard Society launched an interesting initiative a few days back… as the governments draft proposals for a largely democratic upper house are published today, it ought to be a place to keep an eye on… [I also see that Slugger has made it to the blogroll]… I’ll be putting a few thoughts together on that this afternoon over at Brassneck…
I share many of the concerns of Andy Pollak, whose recent post ‘My Response to the Slugger Begrudgers’ zeroed in on the ‘relentless flow of negativity’ of some Slugger commentators. Pollak’s post was largely concerned with the medium of the blog. Indeed, I think the anonymity of the online world encourages extreme discourse and allows [...] read our review »
John Laird (Lord Laird of Artigarvan) is unionism’s jester. His memoir A Struggle To Be Heard ” by a True Ulster Liberal” (from Slugger’s shop on Amazon here) might serve more as a heavy stocking filler than anybody’s idea of a main present. In it he wears the masks of comedy and tragedy to turn the [...] read our review »
I quite like the House of Lords, it is easier to get PQs done, they’ve already gor their ermine, Blair couldn’t offer to sell them another one.
The commons are often a waste of skin as are MSPs, and the Stormont folks. THe House of Lords has more free-thinkers.