I noted a blog post recently (“Is Britain a Democracy” by JD in the LVI) about how the UK cannot…
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Author: Von Hayek
What did we learn from the Conservative Party Conference?
During my first year of teaching, I was given some excellent advice by my mentor at the time. There is…
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Was China’s One Child Policy a success?
The One Child Policy achieved its main goal; to reduce the growth rate of the population; it has prevented between…
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Anarchy is the best form of government
From a young age, we are all taught that democracy and capitalism are the best (and only) system of government…
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Devolution and the EU have made Parliament less sovereign!
Parliamentary sovereignty is a principle of the UK constitution and is ultimately the description of to what extent the Parliament…
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Is there any point in having a ‘constitutional monarchy’ if the monarch doesn’t really have any power?
I believe that there is point in having a ‘constitutional monarchy’, as the monarch forms a vital part of British…
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Is the UK Parliament really sovereign?
Parliamentary Sovereignty is the principle that Parliament can make, amend or unmake any law, and cannot bind its successors or…
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Three things we learnt from the Labour conference last week
Labour congregated in Liverpool last week, eager to put their miserable summer of antisemitism allegations behind them. With the Brexit…
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16 year-olds should not be allowed to vote!
In my opinion the voting age should not be lowered to 16. Firstly, in the eyes of many somebody is…
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Is Britain a genuine democracy?
Is Britain a genuine democracy? NO. In my humble opinion Britain is far from democracy; in fact the the elections…
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