Article: Denigrating an historic office to solicit donations.

Article: Irvine faces calls to quit over donor `corruption' ELECTION ...
The Independent - London;  February 19, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... written to the Prime Minister. "The Lord Chancellor's position is ... wrote. But the Prime Minister's official spokesman ... newsworthy. A Labour Lord Chancellor hosting a fundraising ... from a Labour Prime Minister hosting one ...

Article: Irvine faces calls to quit over donor 'corruption' ELECTION ...
The Independent - London;  February 19, 2001 ;     640 words ... ... independence. "The Lord Chancellor was at the dinner ... Cherie Booth, the Prime Minister's wife, and Lord ... Tory MPs said the Lord Chancellor's letter to lawyers ... has written to the Prime Minister. "If you have any ...

Article: The Prime Minister has let down both himself and ...
The Independent - London;  January 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Lord Irvine of Lairg, the Lord Chancellor, is frequently his own worst ... was just the faintest echo at Prime Minister's Questions yesterday of that ... jail for novice burglars. The Prime Minister correctly pointed out that a ...

Article: 'Axe Lord Chancellor' plan shelved.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  September 3, 2004 ;     674 words ... ... abolishing the post of Lord Chancellor, and the creation ... the current Lord Chancellor, and the Prime Minister have accepted ... In July, the Prime Minister suffered a further ... the abolition of Lord Chancellor.

Article: Lord Chancellor plan is shelved.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  September 3, 2004 ;     414 words ... ... scrap the ancient title of Lord Chancellor are to be shelved in a massive ... said abolishing the post of Lord Chancellor and creating a Supreme Court ... Falconer, who is the current Lord Chancellor, and the Prime Minister have accepted that, with ...

Article: Britain's House of Lords voting to elect new Lord Speaker, ...
AP Worldstream;  June 28, 2006 ;     619 words ... ... replace the centuries-old office of Lord Chancellor. At a time when Prime Minister Tony Blair's government has talked ... US$62,000). Unlike the Lord Chancellor, who is appointed by the prime minister, the Lord Speaker will be independent ...

Article: UK GOVERNMENT: Jane Kennedy MP appointed to miministerial ...
M2 Presswire;  October 13, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... ministerial position at the Lord Chancellor's Department (C)1994 ... COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:121099 * Lord Chancellor re-allocates areas of ... Parliamentary Secretary at the Lord Chancellor's Department by the Prime Minister, Tony Blair MP, on 11 ...