1st July 2023 * The overlooked obstacle to the United Kingdom withdrawing from the ECHR * From time to time the demand comes from a government minister, or from one …

The remarkable fall of Boris Johnson – and what it tells us, if anything, about our constitutional arrangements?

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 19 June 2023 English

19th June 2023 In December 2019, Boris Johnson had the greatest prize that our constitutional arrangements could bestow. He had led his party to a substantial majority at a general …

Telling the story of how the “serious disruption” public order statutory instrument was passed

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 14 June 2023 English

14th June 2023 Here is a story about law-making told in different ways. The law in question is a statutory instrument made under the Public Order Act 1986 – the …

The resignation of Boris Johnson from the House of Commons

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 10 June 2023 English

10 June 2023 The silence now seems significant: we should have realised something was up. Earlier this week former Prime Minister Boris Johnson received the draft report of the Privileges …

Understanding the government’s judicial review of the Covid Inquiry

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 2 June 2023 English

2nd June 2023 The government of the United Kingdom has commenced a legal challenge to the recently established Covid Inquiry – an inquiry that this government had itself established. In …

“Not a promising start” – a close read of the Covid Inquiry ruling against the Cabinet Office, and why it …

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 24 May 2023

24th May 2023 (This is the first in a planned series of posts on the Covid Inquiry – the next will be on Boris Johnson’s lawyer difficulty.) * Today the …

“Not a promising start” – a close read of the Covid Inquiry ruling against the Cabinet Office, and why it …

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 24 May 2023 English

24th May 2023 (This is the first in a planned series of posts on the Covid Inquiry – the next will be on Boris Johnson’s lawyer difficulty.) * Today the …

Why we now don’t just have “proper” political scandals

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 23 May 2023 English

23rd May 2023 Today in parliament, during a debate on an urgent question related to the conduct of the current Home Secretary, a backbencher asked a striking and thought-provoking question: …

A possible implication of the recent “Will of the People” rhetoric of ministers

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 15 May 2023 English

15th May 2023 Last week there was a newspaper article under the names of two cabinet ministers.The piece was a warning to the House of Lords about the government’s illegal …

A possible implication of the recent “Will of the People” rhetoric of ministers

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 15 May 2023

15th May 2023 Last week there was a newspaper article under the names of two cabinet ministers.The piece was a warning to the House of Lords about the government’s illegal …