Gary Gibbon
Lib Dems worry about Clegg’s Lords push
There are quite a few Lib Dems who aren’t thrilled with the push for Lords reform. Gary Gibbon blogs on how some in the party are writing off the policy as “a lost cause”.
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Gary Gibbon
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Gary Gibbon
Full steam for Lords reform
Gary Gibbon blogs on the rising political tension within the three main political parties ahead of the vote on Lords reform.
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Gary Gibbon
Search for a trade-off on House of Lords reform
Will he, won’t he. Channel 4 News Politics Editor Gary Gibbon on how the wrangle for Lords reform at the heart of the coalition government threatens to bring an abrupt halt to changes at the Commons.
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Jon Snow
Murdoch committee 'unfit' for purpose?
Jon Snow asks if the Commons Select Committee which investigated Rupert Murdoch is “unfit” for purpose?
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Gary Gibbon
Lords reform ‘Bermuda Triangle of British politics’
Gary Gibbon writes on what Lord Peter Hennessy calls “the Bermuda Triangle of political reform” – the House of Lords reform.
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Gary Gibbon
House of Lords – resignations before reform?
Channel 4 News Political Editor, Gary Gibbon, on the battle for reform of the House of Lords at the heart of the government
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Michael Crick
Lib Dems Against the NHS Bill: Emergency motion
Lib Dem critics of the Health and Social Care Bill have tabled an emergency motion that they hope will be debated and passed at their party’s spring conference.
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FactCheck: Will disabled people suffer under the Welfare Reform Bill?
“At time of writing, it remains unclear how the government attempts to make the two key numbers match up.”
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Gary Gibbon
House of Lords reform: no fireworks, not even a party popper
The reform of the House of Lords would have been a big event for the Lib Dems, but after AV, there will be no fireworks – not even a party popper.
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FactCheck: Is Cameron filling the Lords with Coalition cronies?
The claim “These appointments would create an even bigger majority for the Coalition in the Lords and risk reducing its role to a mere rubber stamp for the House of Commons.” Ed Miliband MP, in a letter to David Cameron, November 19, 2010
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Gary Gibbon
Detente – not the end of the Cold War in the Lords
Our Political Editor of the peace – of a kind – that’s broken out in the Lords over the Bill to authorise a referendum on introducing the Alternative Vote (AV) system for General Elections and reduce the number of seats in the Commons.
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Gary Gibbon
Hitting the ‘nuclear’ option over Lords referendum battle
Gary Gibbon blogs on the battle in the House of Lords debate over the Alternative Vote referendum and the government’s decision to hit ‘the nuclear option’
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Gary Gibbon
Sleepover in the Lords as AV battle continues
Gary Gibbon spies a duvet after the Lords pull an allnighter over AV and the number of MPs in the Commons.
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Gary Gibbon
Peers prepare for marathon AV battle
At 10pm the government will announce that it is going to keep the Lords up all night for the Coalition Bill on the AV referendum. How will it turn out?
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Gary Gibbon
Lib Dem Lords falling into line on fees
Our Political Editor looks ahead to tonight’s Lords vote on raising tuition fees – and says that even the Crossbenchers are under pressure to vote in favour.