The disgraced baron's public shaming highlights the need to modernise the upper chamber, says a Liberal Democrat peer

The Human Rights Act has become overstretched

If you want to understand who the modern Arabs are and how their relationship with the western world has evolved, you will not find a better book

Kishwer Falkner's article Trouble in Islamabad features in the current issue of Prospect. She is Liberal Democrat spokesman in the Lords for home affairs and justice The declaration of emergency...