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Latest Articles in 'UK'
- The House of Lords is a mess - 01/05/2012The House of Lords is a mess. It brings together in one place party political nominees (often former MPs), acknowledged experts on particular issues, descendants of drinking buddies of long-deceased...
- The uncertain boundary between politics and law - 24/11/2011Here is an interesting examination of the interaction between politics and law in the British political system, delivered by leading barrister (and future judge) Jonathan Sumption QC. Delivered as the...
- The report on funding for political parties published today outlines some interesting ideas for reforming the way that politics works in the United Kingdom, improving it in some ways but...
Latest Blog Entries
- The end of the coalition - 14/05/2012The results of the voting that took place on 3 May surely spell the beginning of the end for Britain’s coalition government. (Read about the election results here.) I am...
- The case against Rupert Murdoch - 02/05/2012Passing judgement on Rupert Murdoch appears to be today’s fashion, and this blog is not one to shirk a challenge. His dislike of the EU is well-known, as are the...
- The House of Lords is a mess - 01/05/2012The House of Lords is a mess. It brings together in one place party political nominees (often former MPs), acknowledged experts on particular issues, descendants of drinking buddies of long-deceased...
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Coalition and constitution: a laboratory for change? (13 January 2011)
Posted on 09/12/2010 | No CommentsCoalition and constitution: a laboratory for change? 13 January 2011, 2.00 – 5.00, followed by a reception MARY SUMNER HOUSE, 24 TUFTON STREET, LONDON SW1P 3RB In 1997 constitutional reform was heralded as a priority for the incoming New Labour government. Reforms over the succeeding... -
How much difference would AV make?
Posted on 22/10/2010 | No CommentsIn the light of the forthcoming referendum on replacing First Past The Post with Alternative Vote for general elections, an interesting seminar yesterday looked at what difference it might have made to the result of the general election earlier this year. Of course, there is... -
Don’t let the lobbyists register drop off the agenda
Posted on 15/09/2010 | 1 Commentby Daisy Cross The expenses scandal did much to expose the less attractive side of British politics, the steady, unrelenting trickle of data leaving no party unaffected, and many believe it has furthered the gap between the electorate and party politics, exposing the lack of... -
Federal Union supports AV
Posted on 14/09/2010 | No CommentsThe Federal Union committee discussed the forthcoming referendum on electoral reform at its meeting on 13 September and reached the following conclusions. Scope Different federations around the world use different electoral systems, so there was a question of whether a change in the electoral system... -
Are all voters equal?
Posted on 02/09/2010 | 1 CommentOne of the basic tenets of federalism is that all citizens should be equal. People living in different member states within a federation might have different rights and duties with respect to those states, but they have equal rights and duties with respect to the... -
Keep Cornwall whole!
Posted on 26/08/2010 | 4 CommentsOne of the planks of the coalition government’s platform is to reduce the number of members of the House of Commons and redraw the boundaries so that each constituency has roughly the same number of voters. At present, the largest constituency – the Isle of... -
Questions from abroad about Scotland
Posted on 21/01/2010 | No CommentsI have often thought that the saving grace of the British constitution was that, given how undemocratic, unbalanced and inefficient it is, at least it is interesting. Each part of the United Kingdom has its own particular and different relationship with the national government; why, even... -
Today’s UK: a federal embryo?
Posted on 01/11/2009 | No CommentsBy Dr Andrew Blick Summary of the November 2009 Federal Trust pamphlet: Devolution and regional administration: a federal UK in embryo? In the period since Labour took office in 1997, the pursuit of regional and devolution policies by the Labour government has seen significant changes... -
Subsidiarity man
Posted on 20/09/2009 | No CommentsI was delighted to find in an old collection of papers this cartoon: it appeared in The Independent some time in 1991, I think, when the term “subsidiarity” first made its way into the debate about the European treaties. The awkward British problem with the... -
Moving to an elected House of Lords
Posted on 26/08/2009 | No CommentsBy Satish Desai Report on an event sponsored by Unlock Democracy Held at 11.30 am on 26 August 2009 at The Guardian, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU The event was chaired by Jonathan Freedland of The Guardian, and Polly Toynbee, Peter Facey and Meg...
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