Many familiar figures from the recent past now debate and scrutinise legislation before the chamber's golden throne and stuffed woolsack. |
But I'm afraid it wouldn't do, even if I wrote them in secret, under the woolsack. |
In 1938 the Lord Chancellor's woolsack was found to contain horsehair so it was re-stuffed with wool from all parts of the Commonwealth as a symbol of unity. |
By Friday, the hyper-crony was seated on the Woolsack, smirking like a small boy who had been allowed to drive his father's car. |
The Lord Chancellor was not on the Woolsack to hear the debate, which Lord Goodhart insisted was not directed at him personally. |
If he 'd have gone to the bar, he'd have ended on the woolsack. |