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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
- Overwhelming - 18/05/2012This blog has described before the difficulties associated with Greek departure from the eurozone. It would reduce the Greeks to a cash or even barter economy for a while, and...
- 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...
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The uncertain boundary between politics and law
Posted on 24/11/2011 | 1 CommentHere 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 35th FA Mann Lecture, “Judicial and Political Decision Making: The Uncertain Boundary”, on Tuesday 8... -
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... -
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... -
Is there a difference between a constitutional change and an international treaty?
Posted on 16/03/2009 | 1 CommentAt the debate last week, I was asked the interesting question of whether there should be a difference in the treatment of a purely domestic constitutional reform and an international treaty that had constitutional implications. This follows on from Argument 1 in the talk I... -
Federalism as relevant as ever
Posted on 21/12/2006 | No CommentsBy Terry Bishop Federal Union was founded over 60 years ago to foster debate on the issues concerned with federalism. Today these issues are as relevant as ever, as the United Kingdom considers both the relationship of Westminster to Brussels and the questions raised by... -
Precision
Posted on 17/06/2005 | No CommentsOne of the supposed selling points of the European constitution was that it would define and limit the powers to the EU institutions. Member states and citizens would know where they stood. What can Brussels do, and what can’t it do? We have a right... -
On life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Posted on 04/01/2004 | No CommentsBy Geoff Taylor Partly as a result of the gridlock in the USA election, I came to realise that Great Britain’s system of government has become anachronistic and thoroughly retrograde. Realisation came whilst re-reading Alastair Cooke’s 1970s publication “America”. Cooke traces in great detail how... -
Chairman’s message
Posted on 21/05/2001 | No CommentsSir Anthony Meyer, Chairman of Federal Union, introduces the new campaign. The purpose of Federal Union is to campaign for decentralised and democratic structures of government at the local, regional, national, European and ultimately global level. We fully support the European Movement, of which most... -
Federalism in the UK
Posted on 01/03/2001 | No CommentsBy Sir Anthony Meyer For the past year Federal Union has been the British member of the UEF, and its aims are, as they always have been, those of the UEF, that is to say the promotion of a European Union closely integrated on federal... -
Building a constitution: the British experience
Posted on 06/06/1998 | No CommentsBy John Parry The word “constitution” dates back at least as far as the Roman orator Cicero who used it in the limited sense of a regulation or ordinance. With the emperor Justinian in a later century it embraced the full body of imperial law,...
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