Day: 4 July 2012

Lords Reform

July 4, 2012 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

The Liberal Democrats are not doing well on Constitutional Reform. They botched the campaign on the A vote and now are promoting a peculiar notion of an elected House of Lords through the Coalition, of which they remain fractious members. The proposal to elect hundreds of Lords for single fifteen year terms is an unusual form […]

Government and Select Committees

July 4, 2012 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

All the politicians want an inquiry into banking, the form of which is in dispute. This blog will therefore not comment on the specifics, but on the principle. It has become a feature of modern government that ineptitude is an integral component. This is because the quality of politicians has fallen to such a low ebb. The […]