Month: February 2004

At a Fabian Society conference on Saturday House of Commons Leader Peter Hain suggested that legislators in Parliament’s second chamber be indirectly elected. Election would be by a “secondary mandate” system under which seats would be allocated according to the parties’ share of the vote in the general election to the House of Commons. Under…

In a new episode of the long-running farce, Charles Windsor donned fancy dress to visit British troops in Iraq at the weekend. Mr. Windsor wore battle dress showing the insignia of the Parachute Regiment. He is said to particularly enjoy dressing up in the tough regiment’s uniform although, according to the Financial Times, “his belief…

Culture & Sports Secretary Tessa Jowell has told the Financial Times that is “somewhere between unlikely and improbable” that the BBC will lose it right to extort money through its annual TV licence. Funding by means of a licence rather than other taxes costs TV owners £146m each year in enforcement costs, infringes civil liberties…