Professor Meg Russell has appeared in the press after the announcement of 45 new members of the House of Lords. Professor Meg Russell has criticised the new appointments and has warned that unregulated prime ministerial appointments to the Lords are both costly and damaging to parliament - and urgently need to stop. Below is a list of newspaper articles and TV appearances from over the last week.
Broadcast Media
- BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme - 27 August (1hr15ms)
- LBC - 27th August
- Sky News at 10pm - 27th August
- ITV News at 10pm - 27th August
- BBC News Channel - 27th August
- The Guardian weekly podcast - 27th August (28ms30s)
Written Media
- House of Lords: David Cameron warned new intake of peers will undermine effectiveness and cost taxpayer more than £1m, The Independent - 17 August
- Parties braced for criticism as new peers are named, The Times - 24th August
- Tories dominate list of new peers in dissolution honours, The Times - 27th August
- Lords Above, The Times - 27th August
- David Cameron ‘now backs limits to peers’ time in House’, The Times - 27th August
- House of Lords: Outcry as donors, fixers and MPs caught up in expenses scandal get peerages,Independent - 27th August
- Ex-MPs and political aides pack list of new Lords, FT - 27th August
- The Guardian view on David Cameron’s new peers: government of the club, by the club, for the club, The Guardian - 27th August
- Cable and Alexander get knighthoods, FT- 28th August
- Even peers want House of Lords to be cut by half: Call to bar ‘cronies and bag carriers, Daily Mail - 29th August
- The Lords and reality have parted company, The Guardian - 30th August
Related Link
- Latest publication by Meg Russell: Enough is Enough: Regulating Prime Ministerial Appointments to the Lords
- Press release: New appointments to the Lords have ‘no justification’ and urgent change is needed says expert
- Blog post: Is David Cameron actually seeking to destroy the Lords?
- Meg Russell’s research on the House of Lords