House of Lords Articles

This month’s rather unexpected political debate over the causes of the first world war (unexpected, because I never previously thought of the conduct of Kaiser Wilhelm as a ‘wedge issue’, nor did I expect to hear Cambridge historian Richard Evans call Michael Gove a...

The Labour party has too often lost major figures at the peak of their careers – from Hugh Gaitskell and Tony Crosland to John Smith and Donald Dewar. Ten years ago, on 20 September 2003, added to their number was Gareth Williams, Lord Williams of Mostyn, Labour’s...

Nick Clegg should have read this book before embarking on his ill-fated 2012 proposals. Indeed, it should be on David Cameron and Ed Miliband’s reading list, and on those of serious commentators and students of parliament as well as the new batch of peers. (Just as...

Reform of the House of Lords is certain to be an early item in Ed Miliband's intray as the task once again falls to Labour to sort out Britain's constitutional settlement. Unless action is taken to reform the House of Lords the chamber looks like more than doubling in...