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“Delivering this is going to be very difficult” – Tory peer Strathclyde’s verdict on Lords reform
by Stephen Tall on June 18, 2011
Let’s start with the good news — Lord Strathclyde, the Tory leader in the Lords is a self-styled “long-term supporter” of reform of the Upper House. Now for the bad news — he’s pessimistic that the Coalition will actualy deliver elected senators by 2015, the deadline set by deputy prime minister Nick Clegg. Here’s what […]
Would the Tories kick Lord Belize Ashcroft out of the Upper Chamber?
by Stephen Tall on February 10, 2009
Over at the Mirror’s Kevin Maguire & Friends blog, Jason Beattie asks if the Tories are on the point of reversing their U-turn, and supporting a Lib Dem motion obliging anyone who sits in the House of Lords to be (…)