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Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 20 March 2023 English

20th March 2023 This may be quite the moment for the interplay of politics and process. We have this week the former prime minister Boris Johnson facing detailed questions before …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 21 March 2023 English

Today the privileges committee of the House of Commons published the latest submission of Boris Johnson. Nobody takes this submission seriously, at least not for its supposed primary purpose – …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 22 March 2023 English

22 March 2023 The first thing to note about the appearance of Boris Johnson at the hearing today of the committee of privileges is that how little difference it will …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 23 March 2023 English

23rd March 2023 Here are some further – and perhaps final – thoughts about the appearance of the former prime minister before the committee of privileges of the House of …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 24 March 2023 English

24th March 2023 Yesterday’s post on the appearance of Boris Johnson before the committee of privileges was supposed to the last on that topic… …but. It is really such a …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 27 March 2023 English

27th March 2023 Here is a playfully mischievous tweet from the Guardian: Daily Mail parent company invokes Human Rights Act to stop naming of journalists https://t.co/DFUIhYgLXk — The Guardian (@guardian) …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 28 March 2023 English

28th March 2023 As it is my birthday, I will be taking a break from doing a substantial post here today. If you would like to help me celebrate, do …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 29 March 2023 English

29th March 2023 This morning the Guardian apologised for the role its founders has in respect of the slave trade, but this apology was not perhaps as significant as the …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 30 March 2023 English

30th March 2023 Sometimes there are odd things trending on social media. A few days ago it was “Catford and Catford Bridge” – and this morning it was “the rule …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 31 March 2023 English

31st March 2023 Another “-ment’. Following his two impeach-ments, former President Donald Trump now has an indict-ment. (There is a pleasing parallel to this, as impeachment was the quasi-judicial process …