Who will be seen as being on the public's side, the Ins or the Outs?
Britain's current 'House of Lords' is an extension of the Commons by patronage, extending the influence of old party political figures while freeing them from the need to be elected or accountable to voters. It has to be replaced by a democratic chamber
A Conservative MP urges her fellow parliamentarians not to resist reform to the upper House for fear that it will diminish the powers of the Commons, but to see it as a step towards strengthening Parliament as a whole and wresting power from the Executive
Laura Sandys is now the new Conservative MP for South Thanet Sandwich and the Villages. She was one of many who were not called to speak on the AV debate on Monday this week. But we asked to see her draft speech and here it is.
There is no question that the last few weeks have been the worst for British politics in my life time. And with very just cause. The public are revolted, disgusted
Walking down Londons Victoria Street on a day of bomb scares after the 7 July attacks, I was interviewed for a vox pop by BBC London news. My instinct
The western political elites are shocked at the insurgency of a section of the Shia Muslims in Iraq. They are asking: what does the violence mean, and how can
The military outcome of any war between the US and Iraq is not in doubt. But if war cannot be prevented a question acutely in the balance in this week
The European Union (EU) has embarked upon a decisive phase of reappraisal and significant reform. Under the chairmanship of Giscard DEstaing, a Constitutional Convention is under way. Its aims
Europe was, and remains, an economic association. If a new Europe is to arise, it will have to do so commercially, as well as politically and culturally. Recently, I was
After ten years as a lobbyist in London and Brussels, I went to Washington DC for seven months. I was interested in comparing our systems and learning the ways of
