House of Lords
Spectator letters: Cutting the Lords, and a defence of Edwin Lutyens
Trimming the ermine Sir: I am a new boy in the House of Lords compared with Viscount Astor — though…
We don’t need an elected Lords – just a much smaller one
Something needs to be done about the overstuffed House of Lords
Look beyond the Sewel video: the House of Lords still works
The shaming of Lord Sewel was a classic tabloid exposé. The fact that a peer of the realm (albeit one…
Just how hard is it to sack a lord?
Safe house Lord Sewel is unique in leaving the House of Lords in disgrace. Until the House of Lords Reform…
Charles Moore’s Notes: Cameron should bring back twice-weekly PMQs
David Cameron is taking a bit of trouble to unite his parliamentary party. Having built a coalition outside it last…
Why did the House of Lords ever have a rifle range?
Gun lords The House of Lords shooting range is to be turned into a cupboard, having previously survived an attempt…
The Spectator's Notes: this is the worst reshuffle since 1989
This must be the worst reshuffle since Mrs Thatcher demoted Geoffrey Howe in 1989. Unlike that one, its errors are…
The terminal confusion of Dignity in Dying
The closer you look at the campaign for ‘assisted dying’, the less reassuring it all becomes
Six months as a TV critic, and I’ve seen enough corpses to last a lifetime
It was Shetland that tipped me over the edge. Not the place, but the TV series. Although that’s set in…
How Alex Salmond could lose his referendum and still wreck the United Kingdom
From a kind of torpor about this year’s Scottish referendum, Lord Lang of Monkton has roused me. You may remember…
Whisper it, but the big banks are finally getting their houses in order
By and large it was a good week for the big banks — underpinned by encouraging news from the wider…
