Monthly Archives: August 2010
Another caption competition – Mandelson again
The previous caption competition, featuring Lord Mandelson, attracted some excellent entries. The winning entry (or rather entries) was submitted by Ken Batty; he got the most votes, including his own. Not being one to lose the opportunity to milk a … Continue reading
It’s all new…
I am variously invited to comment on how the coalition is operating. In the context of Parliament, it is a little early to say. We are in a unique situation. We have had coalition governments before (most recently 1940-45), we … Continue reading
Coalition forming
I have noticed that the Parliament Channel has variously repeated the seminar held in June on the lessons to be learned from past coalitions in British history. Three eminent historians spoke about previous coalitions. I chaired, though as I was … Continue reading
Hull’s finest – two years on
Some members of the BPLS graduating class of 2008 were clearly keen not to be left out of the display of Hull’s finest. Two of them have sent me the photograph of that year’s graduating class. As with past photographs, … Continue reading
Garter King of Arms
I have written a post on Lords of the Blog about the death of Sir Peter Gwynn-Jones who until a few months ago was Garter King of Arms and, as such, responsible for agreeing titles and overseeing the introduction of new … Continue reading
More photographs…
When I reported that the photograph I posted on ‘Hull’s finest – four years on’ was the last of those I had of Hull’s finest, that was before some graduates from other years decided they did not wish to be … Continue reading
Caption competition – your vote
Feel free to express your view as to which entry you think should win the prize for best caption in the Peter Mandelson caption competition. So far, Ken Batty with his multiple entries has the edge. He’s probably already preparing his … Continue reading
Hull’s finest – four years on
This is the last of the photographs I have of the graduating class for British Politics and Legislative Studies (BPLS) students (unless, that is, I am sent any more). This is the graduating class in 2006, a rather select group. … Continue reading
Getting ahead of ourselves
One of the points that I made when I was speaking in Germany was that in the field of comparative legislative studies we now have much more data than ever before, enabling us to generalise to some extent, but the factual … Continue reading
Hull’s finest – one year on
I have already published a picture of this year’s graduates in British Politics and Legislative Studies (BPLS) at the University of Hull. In archiving the photographs I mentioned in my recent post, I discovered I had a picture of last year’s … Continue reading
