By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. I look into my glass, And view my wasting skin, And say, "Would God it came to pass My heart had shrunk as thin! The words in a speech that move most deeply, more often than not, aren't actually deployed in it. They are: I was there. Lords Jopling, […]
By Jonathan IsabyFollow Jonathan on Twitter Yesterday saw the first day of a two-day debate in the House of Lords on the Government's recently published proposals for introducing a predominantly elected second chamber. Over 100 peers are due to speak in the debate over the two days and yesterday a number of senior Tories – […]
Lord Jopling, a Conservative peer and former minister, has asked the Government how much it is spending on bailing out banks: "Lord Jopling asked Her Majesty’s Government: How much public money has been made available to (a) the Royal Bank of Scotland, and (b) HBOS, in the past six months. [HL6522] The Financial Services Secretary […]