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Sunday 6th December 2009

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:59:32 GMT

Andrew Rawnsley: The Tories have put all their chips on David Cameron Janet Daley: Why can't David Cameron seal the deal?
Source: ConservativeHome

Rift among bishops blocks Cardinal's elevation to the UK's House of Lords Strike halts trial of Mumbai suspects Two UN peacekeepers killed in Darfur Turkey coup case calls army top brass Police seize ex-dairy boss's art stash Three die during mass

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:48:26 GMT

The Cardinal was poised to become the first Roman Catholic bishop in Britain's second chamber since the Reformation, as part of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's drive to appoint senior leaders of all the main faiths to sit alongside Church of England...
Source: Irish Independent

Lord Taylor of Warwick claimed thousands in expenses on nephew’s home

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:28:17 GMT

THE Conservative peer Lord Taylor of Warwick is facing a fresh police investigation into his expenses after saying that a house belonging to his nephew’s companion was his main residence.
Source: Times Online

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor turns down peerage following Catholic row

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:59:41 GMT

He was poised to become the first Roman Catholic bishop in the Upper House since the Reformation, as part of a drive by the Prime Minister to appoint senior leaders of all the main faiths to sit alongside Church of England bishops.
Source: The Telegraph

City 'set to be the hub of UK's nuclear industry'

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:39:29 GMT

Business secretary Lord Mandelson told the House of Lords that South Yorkshire is in line to benefit from "new jobs, new industries and new ties to the global and European economies".
Source: The Star

At leisure: ‘You need both the practitioners and the politicians to work together’

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:46:58 GMT

We are sitting in Jo Valentine’s drawing room on a Sunday afternoon, drinking tea and sheltering from the driving rain.
Source: Times Online

While the bill's underway the Lords will play

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:35:43 GMT

WHILE THE ONLINE WORLD masses its armies against the (Dark) Lord Mandelson over his proposed three-strikes disconnection policy and the Section 17 clause in the Digital Economy Bill, it was eye-opening, not to mention amusing, to see that those making...
Source: Inquirer

Interview: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:32:18 GMT

His wedding – to the granddaughter of The 39 Steps author John Buchan – was disrupted by a bomb hoax and he witnessed John F Kennedy's famous visit to Cold War Berlin.
Source: Edinburgh Daily News

Quoted in 'European Union celebrates first day of Lisbon Treaty'

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:36:47 GMT

said in The Telegraph:

Less than two years ago I took the Treaty of Lisbon through the House of Lords, if I had known what was going to happen to me, I might have paid more attention to my speeches on the (role of) High Representative

Quoted in 'UKIP chief Lord Pearson fights 'dangers' of Europe and extreme Islamists'

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:14:00 GMT

said in Times Online:

I would have a referendum whenever you get to one million signatures. You have to trust the people, if we had done that we would not have gone to war in Iraq. The House of Commons should be reduced to 250 MPs and we should think about abolishing the House of Lords. We in UKIP are anti the political class.

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:01:14 GMT

Britain's opposition Conservative Party's Leader of the House of Lords, Thomas Strathclyde (R), talks with Chief Executive of News International, Rebekah Wade, during the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, northern England, October 6, 2009.

Photo from Getty Images

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:08:59 GMT

BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 28: Leader of the House of Lords, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (L) receives a cup of tea from a stall promoting assistance to mothers, at the Labour Party Conference on September 28, 2009 in Brighton, England.

From House of Lords to Supreme Court

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:57:38 GMT