8th March 2024 Yesterday over at Prospect I did a post on the curious situation of the Michelle Donelan libel settlement. Please click and read the post here. Here I …

A close look at the law and policy of holding a Northern Ireland border poll – and how the law …

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 10 February 2024 English

10th February 2024 This week Prospect posted something by me on the issue of a potential border poll in Northern Ireland. Please click (and read!) here. This post unpacks that …

How the government is seeking to change the law on Rwanda so as to disregard the facts

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 30 January 2024 English

30th January 2024 The decisions of judges, other than about case and court management, can be divided into two sorts. First, there are rulings. These rulings can be about the …

How the next general election in the United Kingdom is now less than a year away

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 29 January 2024 English

29 January 2024 * The next general election in the United Kingdom is now less than a year away. The latest possible date the next general election can be held …

The coming year: how the parameters of the constitution will shape the politics of 2024

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 1 January 2024 English

1st January 2024 The current parliament must end, by automatic operation of law, before the end of this year. By reason of the Parliament Acts the parliament elected in December …

The coming constitutional excitements in the United States

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 31 December 2023 English

2024 will be a test for the very notion of legitimacy at the basis of the United States constitution * The last post over at my Substack was fairly UK-centric …

On yesterday’s Supreme Court judgment on the Rwanda policy

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 16 November 2023 English

16th November 2023 Yesterday the Supreme Court handed down its appeal judgment in the Rwanda policy case. For an informed view on the case, it is worth taking the time …

The courts have already deflated the Rwanda policy, regardless of the Supreme Court judgment next Wednesday

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 10 November 2023 English

10th November 2023 Even if the United Kingdom government wins on the lawfulness of the policy, it has already lost in respect of procedure * Those interested in day-to-day politics …

One year on from one thing, sixteen months on from another thing…

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 …

Constitutionalism vs constitutionalism – how liberal constitutionalists sometimes misunderstand illiberal constitutionalism

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 …