Friendly neighbours
The new Labour peer Baroness Bakewell is the second former member of the Newsnight staff to make the House of Lords.
The first was the Liberal Democrat, Jane Bonham-Carter, who was one of my first producers on the programme in the early 90s.
Joan Bakewell was the Newsnight arts correspondent in the 1980s.
But is the new Baroness Bakewell also the first Miliband peer? Until a few years ago both David and Ed Miliband lived in separate flats in the house next to Bakewell's, in Chalcot Square in Primrose.
And, their mother Marion, who now occupies David's old flat, is now a next-door neighbour of Bakewell's instead.
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Comment number 1.
At 22nd Nov 2010, stanilic wrote:Sounds all very cosy, doesn't it.
All those nice people without a real job in sight - ever!
And they complain about social security scroungers.......
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Comment number 2.
At 22nd Nov 2010, Poprishchin wrote:This will put a strain on the Lords' sewerage system.
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Comment number 3.
At 22nd Nov 2010, Les wrote:Dear God! am I paying your salary for this piece of information ?
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Comment number 4.
At 22nd Nov 2010, redrobb wrote:Just what part was meant to be getting reformed under Nulabour? Nothing to upset the good old establishment network, eh! No matter who or what organisation promises whatever! Lies, lies and more lies! If I was to truly say what I thought and belived in an appropriate manner, I'd have Mr Moderator right on me! Take a real good look at some of these coffin dodgers, or the other breed of dodgers.............
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Comment number 5.
At 22nd Nov 2010, barriesingleton wrote:NEVER MIND THE VERACITY FEEL THE PLEDGE
Shock horror. I can find no one on the Clapaham Omnibus to translate 'daft besom' into Latin!
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Comment number 6.
At 22nd Nov 2010, JunkkMale wrote:On so many levels (basement variety), what are the odds?
The new Labour peer ... second former member of the Newsnight staff to make the House of Lords.... Until a few years ago both David and Ed Miliband lived in separate flats in the house next to Bakewell's.
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