Just challenged Government in the House of Lords over China's "mega embassy" which may be a base for spying, undermining our democracy, and threatening overseas citizens who campaign for democracy.

These court cases may change Liverpool politics fundamentally. As someone who was helping to fight the Militants in the 1980s, I was often asked if the TV drama written by Alan Bleasdale “GBH” exaggerated what they did. In fact it understated the damage they caused.

We should not have unnecessary barriers put in the way of registering to vote. It should be as easy as registering to be defended by the armed forces, protected by the Police, or treated by emergency services…. ie an automatic right. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

This is an amazing story. It is why the Liverpool Post has been nominated by Private Eye for the Paul Foot award. www.livpost.co.uk/first-there-...

The Party funding scandal continues. Labour is accused of dropping plan to ban foreign donors after Lord Alli intervened. Labour dropped plan to ban foreign donors after Lord Alli intervened. www.thetimes.com/article/3bb4...

Just said in @UKHouseofLords that political parties have been obliged over the last 25 years to declare the sources and scale of donations above a very modest amount. I asked why shouldn’t pressure groups seeking to influence the political process be subject to the same rules?

Some of my recent letters in the Press as a Lib Dem Peer

Just put forward a plan in House of Lords to end scandals over party funding by banning company donations, placing a cap on all other donations, and enable parties to campaign effectively by redistributing the £100m spent by Govt. in the last 2 elections delivering candidates’ election addresses.

Just put forward a plan in House of Lords to end scandals over party funding by banning company donations, placing a cap on all other donations, and enable parties to campaign effectively by redistributing the £100m spent by Govt. in the last 2 elections delivering candidates’ election addresses.

Happy New Year everyone! 2025 should see real reform of the House of Lords, not the timid proposals we will soon debate further. My letter in the January 1st Guardian

Happy New Year everyone! 2025 should see real reform of the House of Lords, not the timid proposals we will soon debate further. My letter in the January 1st Guardian

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... The Minister’s response quoted her was in response to my question. @theguardian.com @pippacrerar.bsky.social

We need proper reform of UKHouseofLords, based on elections with PR. Abolishing hereditary peerages will move the House in a more proportional direction in terms of votes cast, we really need to move to PR for all elections including our second chamber pempclip.blob.core.windows.net/clip/ukparli...

I have just joined here! This was the 10 minute session including my question hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2024-1...