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- What future for Libya? - 13/01/2012By John Parry Civil wars can be the most vicious form of conflict as recent events in Libya have demonstrated. The Benghazi-based rebels’ swift victory, achieved with Nato air support,...
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- The lady in the lake - 03/02/2012Taking a break from thinking about the future of the eurozone or the prospects for a UN Parliamentary Assembly, I took a trip to 1940s California in the company of...
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Constitutional Reform – End of the Road? (14 July 2011)
Posted on 15/06/2011 | No CommentsConstitutional Reform – End of the Road? 14 July 2011, 4.30pm – 6.30pm, followed by a reception Mary Sumner House, 24 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3RB Robert Hazell, Director of The Constitution Unit, will talk about the whole of the new government’s constitutional reform programme... -
Superstate or power-sharing?
Posted on 18/08/2010 | No CommentsFederalism is the political philosophy of the dispersal of power. It proposes the division of political power between levels and institutions of government to achieve the best combination of democracy and effectiveness. Since 1938, Federal Union has campaigned for federalism for the UK, Europe and... -
Federal Union review of the decade
Posted on 05/01/2010 | No CommentsIn the spirit of the usual Federal Union reviews of the year, let us cast our minds back 10 years to see how federalism has fared over the course of the past decade. There has been enough change in those years to tell us an... -
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... -
Michael Ignatieff: What is at stake is no less than the future of global government
Posted on 20/09/2009 | No CommentsMichael Ignatieff, Leader of Canadian Liberal Opposition, quoted in interview with Charles Kennedy, The House Magazine, 21/9/09 “In Canada we have a deep, entrenched sense that we are a federal union in which there is, and must be, substantial powers to the provinces and even... -
Who frees the Lockerbie bomber?
Posted on 19/08/2009 | 1 CommentDaily Mail editorials aren’t the first place this blog would look for insightful and relevant comment, but today an interesting question is raised regarding the fate of the Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi. Mr Megrahi, a Libyan citizen, was convicted of murder for the deaths... -
The fate of declining communities
Posted on 03/07/2009 | No CommentsJonathan Guthrie writes in the Financial Times about the problems faced by towns and cities once the economic reason for their prosperity goes into decline. Cities in the north of England, for example, once were ideal locations for heavy manufacturing industry but have now lost... -
What kind of society do we want to be?
Posted on 12/06/2009 | No CommentsNew Work and Pensions Secretary Yvette Cooper was on the radio this morning, discussing the new Child Poverty Bill. The aim of the bill is to pursue the government’s child poverty strategy by enshrining it in law which would oblige different government agencies to take... -
Gordon Brown’s constitution
Posted on 10/06/2009 | No CommentsIt may be safely said that Gordon Brown must have a strong constitution if he can withstand all that has been thrown at him and still remain prime minister. But can it be said that his latest proposals will strengthen the British constitution? His statement... -
Farewell, Sir Ian Blair
Posted on 03/10/2008 | 1 CommentThe head of the Metropolitan Police has resigned, and the government is in uproar. Formerly, the appointment as Metropolitan Police Commissioner was in the hands of the Home Secretary, but since the creation of London regional government, the Mayor of London has taken over as...
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