My plan for slimming down the bloated House of Lords
Around 800 people are now eligible to sit in the Lords - far too many peers for proper debates or discussions to be fully accommodated
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Around 800 people are now eligible to sit in the Lords - far too many peers for proper debates or discussions to be fully accommodated
Wanting an independent Scotland to join Nato while opposing Trident are ideals that simply don’t add up
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Simon Heffer’s new book forms an ambitious exploration of the making of the Victorian age and the Victorian mind. The greatest strength of the book, and its goal, is encouraging readers to rethink their preconceptions of Victorian Britain. High Minds “is a big book about big personalities who’s ideas and actions influenced massive social change between 1840 and 1900 during the