Alexander Horne

Nov 15, 2024 | spectator.com.au | Alexander Horne

This week, the House of Commons is focusing its attention on proposed reforms to the House of Lords. MPs backed plans to get rid of the remaining 92 hereditary peers on Tuesday, while a second bill which will increase the number of female bishops in the Lords had its second reading on Thursday.

Nov 15, 2024 | spectator.co.uk | Alexander Horne

This week, the House of Commons is focusing its attention on proposed reforms to the House of Lords. MPs backed plans to get rid of the remaining 92 hereditary peers on Tuesday, while a second bill which will increase the number of female bishops in the Lords had its second reading on Thursday. The contrasting nature of the two bills highlights the rather problematic way Labour is pursuing constitutional reform. The Labour party’s 2024 manifesto made a number of promises on House of Lords reform.

Nov 12, 2024 | spectator.co.uk | Alexander Horne

After a long wait, Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying legislation – the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – was published overnight, ahead of its second reading in the Commons on 29 November. The bill has already been subject to much debate in advance of its publication. Now its proponents and critics have the chance to engage with the detail – most critically the safeguards in the bill which are designed to stop abuses.

Nov 12, 2024 | spectator.com.au | Alexander Horne

After a long wait, Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying legislation – the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill  – was published overnight, ahead of its second reading in the Commons on 29 November. The bill has already been subject to much debate in advance of its publication. Now its proponents and critics have the chance to engage with the detail – most critically the safeguards in the bill which are designed to stop abuses.

Oct 18, 2024 | spectator.co.uk | Alexander Horne

Last night, during his first debate with Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick was keen to highlight his flagship policy on exiting the ECHR, using it as a dividing line to emphasise his anti-immigration credentials. He pitched the question as ‘leave or remain’. This is an unfortunate move on two fronts. First, leaving the ECHR is unlikely to have the practical effect he hopes in stopping the small boats, or combatting illegal immigration.