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Posted in National politics on Oct 22nd, 2006
Jack Straw’s ideas about House of Lords reform (leaked document) are a good first step towards changing the chamber away from a council of elders into something actually reflecting the electorate at large. In short, the plan is to:
Reduce the number of members by a third.
Half 50% appointed and 50% elected.
Pay elected members a salary [...]
Posted in National politics on Oct 8th, 2006
Nigel Farage, the newly-elected leader of UKIP, has made the laughable claim that they speak for the true “silent majority”. Perhaps Mr Farage has a short memory. He came a distant third in the relatively recent by-election held in Bromley & Chislehurst back in June, achieving just slightly over 8% of the vote, despite having [...]
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