Tag: Sean Kippin
Choosing the Speaker of the House of Commons: some proposals for change
Should we change the way we select the Speaker of the House of Commons? The current system requires that the House select an MP, who then gives up their party label and their public political views. At general elections, Speakers’ seats are not contested by the main parties. Richard Berry and Sean Kippin argue that […]
Democratic round-up: the House of Lords
The House of Lords has been in the news again. Here, Sean Kippin takes a look at some of the more interesting articles, blogs, and pieces of research from the last week on Parliament’s upper chamber. Last week, the Government announced their latest nominations for membership of the House of Lords, with the governing Conservative and Liberal […]
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