Labour Ditches Disabled People
I had the privilege of chairing a Lords Select Committee on Disability and Equality in 2015-16, and wrote about it here – http://lordsoftheblog.net/2016/04/17/a-better-deal-for-disabled-persons/. After...
View ArticleThe Wheelchair User and the Big Baby Buggy
I have written earlier about the House of Lords Select Committee on the Equality Act and Disability – http://lordsoftheblog.net/2016/04/17/a-better-deal-for-disabled-persons/ and...
View ArticleHow not to get a good deal
On 21 February, after 20 hours of debate and 180 speakers, the House of Lords followed the House of Commons in giving a second reading to the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill. At the...
View Article“Will not be tolerated”
This has become the most defensive, and most meaningless phrase in the English language recently. Corbyn’s response to vicious antisemitism in the Labour party – “racism will not be tolerated in any...
View ArticleThe rotten heart of Europe
Despite all the talk about the importance of maintaining our membership of the European Convention on Human Rights, it is increasingly seeming to be a dead letter in other European countries. Here is...
View ArticlePoland – from bad to worse
I have written on previous occasions about Poland’s slide towards authoritarianism and its reversion to its past system of dictatorship (sometimes there is little to choose between the fascist and...
View ArticleNo Fault Divorce
Resolution, formerly the Solicitors’ Family Law Association, is pushing hard for the introduction of no-fault divorce. This is currently understandable because of the embarrassing and avoidable...
View ArticleTaking back control
Yes,the referendum was in part about taking back control. That means restoring to Parliament the sovereignty that it yielded, and continued to yield over the years to the other members of the EU. All...
View ArticleWorse than Windrush
There is to be an annual Windrush Day. Noting the acclaim for the contributions made by the Windrush generation, and the remorse over the way they were treated, put me in mind of an earlier generation...
View ArticleTHE DIVORCE (FINANCIAL PROVISION) BILL 2017
There are about 110,000 divorces in England and Wales annually, and financial orders are made by the court in about one-third of them. Some are negotiating their own settlements, induced by the...
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