We The People

by Chris | 30 Nov 2009 | No Comments

The people of Switzerland have voted, democratically, to ban the building of minarets. More than 57% of voters and 22 of the 26 Swiss cantons …

by Chris | 5 Sep 2009 | No Comments

Unlike a lot of Tory bloggers – and apparently Tory members – I think that it is a bad thing that Nigel Farage has chosen …

by Chris | 27 Aug 2009 | No Comments

Jack Straw’s new proposals for continuing to reform of the House of Lords (just a decade after starting it!) bear an extremely marked similarity to …

by Chris | 24 May 2009 | No Comments

The Telegraph continues to publish more and more details of MPs expense claims and, alongside public anger, forcing MPs into humiliating apologies and resignations. But …

by Chris | 30 Apr 2009 | No Comments

The Conservatives need to be careful about seeming too congratulatory about themselves and their electoral prospects at the next general election. William Hague was pushing …

by Chris | 3 Apr 2009 | No Comments

In prison. Jail. The Big House. At Her Majesty’s Pleasure. Prison is the place where convicted criminals are locked up for breaking the law. It …

by Chris | 26 Mar 2009 | No Comments

Polly Toynbee has declared, with a straight face, that

Britain without the Mail or the Sun would be a happier place, less biliously nihilist, less miserable, …

by Chris | 29 Jan 2009 | 3 Comments

The House of Lords has been getting a bit of a battering in the press recently, after the “cash for laws” scandal erupted, over four …

by Chris | 15 Jan 2009 | No Comments

Yesterday I wrote a post on the proposal from the Conservatives to reduce the number of MPs who sit in the House of Commons by …

by Chris | 9 Oct 2008 | No Comments

Last week, Gordon Brown invited Peter Mandelson back from the EU and into his Cabinet. But – hang on! – don’t you have to be …