Hansard Society in the Media
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Peter Riddell pays tribute to his Hansard Society Council colleague and the former Chair of the Society, after the sad news of the death of Lord Holme over the weekend. Peter said:
"Richard Holme, Lord Holme of Cheltenham, who died at his home in Sussex on Sunday after a long battle with cancer, was central to the expansion of the Hansard Society to its current size and prominence. He served for three decades on our Council and for six years as our Chairman, until June last year. Throughout, he displayed an uncanny skill and astuteness, both in spotting where the next opportunities lay for the Society and in his dealings with members of the Council, with staff, and supporters in Parliament and outside. He always saw the big picture and ensured that the Society was actively involved in new challenges affecting Parliament. Apart from the expansion of the Society under his Chairmanship - which largely overlapped with Clare Ettinghausen's period as Chief Executive - he set up a successful and influential commission under the Hansard Society's auspices into how Parliament should communicate with the public. This was chaired by Lord Puttnam, now a Vice Chair on the Hansard Society's Advisory Council.
"But, above all, Richard Holme had a zest and enthusiasm for politics, combined with a commitment to improving the way we are governed. His long involvement with the Hansard Society went alongside his leading part in the debate over constitutional reform and his role as a close adviser on strategy to David Steel and Paddy Ashdown as leaders of the Liberals and, then, the Liberal Democrats. Richard Holme was a generous, warm and witty man who will be much missed by all who knew him and everyone at the Hansard Society."
There are also obituaries of Lord Holme in The Times, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Financial Times and the BBC.
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Lords of the Blog, the Hansard Society's innovative, blogging experiment, has attracted interest from countries as distant as Australia, America and Japan. Contributors to Lords of the Blog, such as Lord Soley, Lord Tyler and Baroness D'Souza have been discussing their new pet project far outside the confines of the 'Westminster Village' and interest in this unique blog has been growing.
The Guardian Public magazine named Lords of the Blog as their 'Website of the Month' this April and Lord Soley has been discussing the project with the Community Radio Network in Australia. To listen to the interview with Lord Soley click here. To post comments on Lords of the Blog you don't need to register - just visit - http://lordsoftheblog.net and let them know what you think.
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The Hansard Society's fifth Audit of Political Engagement, published today, reveals a high level of public ignorance about politics and constitutional arrangements in Britain.
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Lords of the Blog is a new collaborative online blog, launched and written by Members of the House of Lords to increase public engagement with the work of the Upper House and its Members.
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No Overall Control? The impact of a 'hung parliament' on British politics is a timely new publication from the Hansard Society highlighting the challenges facing Parliament, the political parties, individual MPs and the public in the event of a hung parliament at the next election.
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The
first of the Hansard Society’s fringe events at this year’s series of
Party Conferences was a massive success. Delegates and panelists
debated the controversial topic of political parties including, whether
individual MPs should have more freedom from the party whip, methods to
engage suppporters using new ...
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At the Hansard Society event at the LSE, Sir John Major spoke to Elinor Goodman from the Hansard Society Council on a wide range of issues covering Europe, the Iraq war, ‘sofa’ government, party leadership and when resignation is the right thing to do.
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The fourth Audit of Political Engagement undertaken jointly by the Hansard Society and the Electoral Commission was launched at a meeting in the House of Commons on Tuesday March 27. Speakers were Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP, Justine Greening MP, Lord (Paul) Tyler, Peter Riddell (The Times and Hansard Society). It is covered in The Times and on ePolitix.
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Digital Dialogues is an independent investigation into the use of online technologies to promote dialogue between central government and the public. It is covered on BBC Online and in The Guardian.
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On Tuesday February 6 2007, The Hansard Society published a timely Briefing paper on Lords Reform containing exclusive research by YouGov on the public’s attitides. The Briefing was covered by, BBC Online, The Times, Politics.co.uk, The Independent.