Tuesday, December 20, 2016

A Committee doesn't happen by itself, you know...

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So, an election took place, and six members of the new Federal International Relations Committee were elected. So far, so good, especially ...
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An oath, an oath, my kingdom for an oaf... Sajid Javid needs a lesson on values...

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It's never a promising sign when a Minister comes up with a proposal to promote integration that requires some of the most integrated m...
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Saturday, December 17, 2016

A bureaucrat on the edge - triumph and disappointment...

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It's that walrus again... Well, I managed to get myself re-elected to International Relations Committee, elected on the sixth count...
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Sunday, November 27, 2016

Ros in the Lords: National Citizens Service Bill (Second Reading)

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It isn't that often that I appear in Hansard. Ros has occasionally referred to me in terms of rural transport, but I'm not the Libe...
Saturday, November 26, 2016

A big beast breathes his last. Fidel Castro's legacy isn't as black or white as is being painted...

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The news that Fidel Castro has died shouldn't really have come as a huge surprise, even if you did begin to wonder if he was ever going...
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EU Associate Membership? I can see why that might annoy the authoritarian right...

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I see that the Conservative MP for North West Leicestershire, Andrew Bridgen, is unhappy about suggestions that British citizens might be o...
Friday, November 25, 2016

Ros in the Lords: Bus Services Bill (Report Stage, Day 2)... again...

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Ros was back again, later in the debate, supporting a Labour amendment on a subject close to the heart of Liberal Democrats everywhere... ...

Ros in the Lords: Bus Services Bill (Report Stage, 2nd Day)

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Ros has been a part of the Liberal Democrat Bill Team on this relatively unremarked upon piece of legislation, and was keen to make sure th...
Thursday, November 24, 2016

Suffolk's Parish councillors meet - nobody dead...

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Back on the Parish Council after a few years in self-imposed exile, I have to some extent picked up where I left off, representing the Coun...
Monday, November 14, 2016

"I vow to thee, my country..."

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Yesterday morning, in my capacity as a parish councillor, I was on duty, laying a wreath on behalf of the Parish Council prior to the Rem...
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Tuesday, November 08, 2016

So, why the @ALDEParty Council delegation?...

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Yesterday, I wrote about what I offer in terms of the International Relations Committee . Today, it's the turn of the Party's deleg...
Monday, November 07, 2016

It's time to announce my candidature for International Relations Committee and the ALDE Party Council delegation...

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A bureaucrat (right) seeks policy compromise that works for (nearly) everyone... ... t he nomination papers are in, and accepted, the m...
Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Ros in the Lords - Brexit: Environmental and Climate Change Policy

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Returning from the summer Recess, Ros was back in action pretty quickly. As the former Chair of the House of Lords EU Sub-Committee on Ener...
Saturday, September 17, 2016

A soft-spoken bureaucrat makes an unexpected departure from the schedule

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You know how it is. You're minding your own business, catching up with some old friends, when, out of the corner of your eye, you notic...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

A new Leader in the Lords... some thoughts from a close observer

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So, the count took place, with both candidates and the outgoing Leader present, under the close watch of the Deputy Chief Whip, Christine H...

Liberal Bureaucracy - ballot counter to the nobility

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So, I'm on my way to the big city, on an unseasonably warm September day (it's apparently 33 degrees Celsius in Brentwood as I pass...
Monday, September 12, 2016

Has Dermot Murnaghan forgotten what his job is?

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It's a personal rule of thumb that, if a television or radio show includes the name of the presenter, it's intended to be entertain...
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