Monthly Archives: September 2013
Not taking things for granted
I was with a close friend when he read the previous blog post. For some reason, he couldn’t stop laughing. I’m not sure if it was the reference to my innate modesty. Admittedly, there’s another reason why I don’t always … Continue reading
I was being too modest….
In my previous post I mentioned that I had four publications (three book chapters and a journal article) forthcoming. I realise now that I was being too modest. (I know. A perennial problem.) At the time, I should have written … Continue reading
A productive year
With the new edition of Politics UK being published earlier this week, it means that my output over the past twelve months has included four books. Eminent Parliamentarians was published late last September. As regular readers will know, I concurred … Continue reading
New edition hits the bookshops….
The latest edition of Politics UK, co-edited by Bill Jones and me, has just been published. This is the eight edition – the first appeared in 1991 – and contains a great deal of new material, not surprisingly since the … Continue reading
Debating Syria
Both Houses were recalled last Thursday to debate the situation in Syria. On matters of war, the onus rests on the Commons, so the Lords deliberates on a ‘take note’ rather than (as in the Commons) a substantive motion. The … Continue reading
The Norton View 