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David Allen Green

Seven changes for a better constitution? Some interesting proposals from some good people.
The wrong gong
The public service of an “Enemy of the People”
Of majorities and “super-majorities”
The strange omission in the Conservative manifesto: why is there no commitment to repeal the Human Rights Act?
The predicted governing party implosion in historical and constitutional context
Donald Trump is convicted – but it is now the judicial system that may need a good defence strategy
The unwelcome weaponisation of police complaints as part of ordinary politics
Thoughts on the calling of a general election – and on whether our constitutional excitements are coming to an end
Another inquiry report, another massive public policy failure revealed
On how regulating the media is hard – if not impossible – and on why reviving the Leveson Inquiry may not be the best basis for seeing what regulations are now needed
Trump’s case – a view from an English legal perspective
Law and lore, and state failure – the quiet collapse of the county court system in England and Wales
How the civil justice system forced Hugh Grant to settle – and why an alternative to that system is difficult to conceive
Unpacking the remarkable witness statement of Johnny Mercer – a closer look at the extraordinary evidence put before the Afghan war crimes tribunal
The curious incident of the Afghanistan war crimes statutory inquiry being set up
A close look at the Donelan libel settlement: how did a minister make her department feel exposed to expensive legal liability?
A close look at the law and policy of holding a Northern Ireland border poll – and how the law may shape what will be an essentially political decision
How the government is seeking to change the law on Rwanda so as to disregard the facts
How the next general election in the United Kingdom is now less than a year away