He joined the House of Lords just last year, but cricket legend Ian Botham has already been caught out by the rules on declaring business interests. The peer has been told to apologise for not registering his personal services company, from which he and his wife, Kath, have taken a loan of almost £200,000. ‘Beefy’, … Read more
MCC members have accused the club’s first ever female president of ‘gesture politics’ for her plans to create a memorial to Rachael Heyhoe Flint. Heyhoe Flint captained England and was one of the first women to become a member of the Lord’s club after campaigning for years to change its men-only policy. Clare Connor, who … Read more
MCC members have accused the club’s first ever female president of ‘gesture politics’ for her plans to create a memorial to Rachael Heyhoe Flint. Heyhoe Flint captained England and was one of the first women to become a member of the Lord’s club after campaigning for years to change its men-only policy. Clare Connor, who … Read more
Two leading members of the House of Lords – who are set to battle it out to become speaker – want to axe hereditary peers from Parliament’s Upper House. Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town told the Sunday Times hereditary peers were ‘not something that would be accepted by the British public today’. Lord Alderdice told … Read more
Two leading members of the House of Lords – who are set to battle it out to become speaker – want to axe hereditary peers from Parliament’s Upper House. Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town told the Sunday Times hereditary peers were ‘not something that would be accepted by the British public today’. Lord Alderdice told … Read more
Victory for cladding victims as Lords vote to protect leaseholders from crippling safety costs It means Boris Johnson faces a fresh rebellion against his plans to resolve crisis More than 30 Tory MPs are threatening to rebel over a ‘betrayal’ of leaseholders Tory MP Stephen McPartland, a vocal critic, said Lords’ vote was ‘brilliant news’ … Read more
Victory for cladding victims as Lords vote to protect leaseholders from crippling safety costs It means Boris Johnson faces a fresh rebellion against his plans to resolve crisis More than 30 Tory MPs are threatening to rebel over a ‘betrayal’ of leaseholders Tory MP Stephen McPartland, a vocal critic, said Lords’ vote was ‘brilliant news’ … Read more
If Star Wars wasn’t already popular, The Mandalorian Season Two has ignited the interest of sci-fi fans even further. For this reason, Disney’s Lucasfilm has licensed Aspyr to create Star Wars ports in the last year seeing the trend of retro games. result is the sequel of the highly popular Star Wars: Knights of the … Read more
Northern Irish peer Lord Maginnis, who once compared homosexuality to bestiality, faces 18-month BAN from the House of Lords for bullying gay MPs and abusing a parliamentary security guard Official probe recommended he be booted out for at least a year-and-a-half He used ‘homophobic language’ about gay MPs Hannah Bardell and Luke Pollard Lord Maginnis … Read more
Proving their technological skills in a moment of national crisis, peers have been conducting much of their parliamentary business online for months: even Lord Speaker, Lord Fowler, has presided over debates from the comfort of his home. But some things never change. Amid a bloodbath in the wider economy, their pampered lordships still ran up … Read more