Heresy Corner (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Tony Blair's abolition (or, to be more specific, attempted abolition, followed by effective-but-not-quite-abolition) of the ancient and stately office of Lord Chancellor was one of the more remarkable and telling episodes of his time in office. Dishing a thousand years of history in the name of modernisation, it was an act of unparallelled constitutional vandalism, done with scarcely a second...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Lord Paul a millionaire Labour peer is to be investigated by House of Lords authorities at his own request after allegations were made about his expenses claims.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Labour peer Lord Paul is to be investigated over allegations about his expenses claims.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
... home allowances.The expenses furore spread to the unelected upper chamber of parliament, the House of Lords, where authorities said deputy speaker Swraj Paul would temporarily step aside while an investigation was conducted into media allegations about his claims for an overnight subsistence allowance.Mr Paul denies wrongdoing.Mr Cameron said he had been asked for more details...
