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Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 8 September 2023 English
8th September 2023 On this anniversary of Elizabeth II’s death, we are still in the legislative session commenced with the Queen’s Speech of May 2022 – one monarch and two …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 24 August 2023 English
24th August 2023 One conceit of many liberal constitutionalists is that they have a monopoly on constitutionalism: that is the notion that constitutional rights and structures are fundamental to political …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 15 August 2023 English
15th August 2023 There is an old Hebrew proverb which can be roughly translated as: What is the difference between a wise person and a clever person? A clever person …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 8 August 2023 English
8th August 2023 (Picture credit.) * The former president of the United States is facing serious legal trouble, with a serious criminal indictment which takes seriously his role in the …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 19 July 2023 English
19th July 2023 (This post is a long excerpt from a fuller post at the Empty City substack for paying subscribers.) * This post is about the border poll that …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 3 July 2023 English
3rd July 2023 Over on Twitter, the estimable Dr Cath Haddon is live-tweeting a talk from a former cabinet minister to the Institute of Government: Here is an idea for …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 1 July 2023 English
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …