Fundamentally, the election held on the 12th of December 2019 was of paramount importance to UK citizens and to the…
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Tag: Constitution
The 2019 election will have a significant impact on how the UK is governed.
The Conservative party won the election with an 80 seat majority and gained 47 seats. They achieved 43.6% of the…
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The problems with codifying a constitution
Daisy’s excellent article on the current civil disorder in Chile hinted at some of the problems of producing a codified…
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The Chilean Spring
Recently, with all the confusion over Brexit and the various misdemeanors of our radical friend President Trump the political state…
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Brexit and constitutional damage; how democracies die.
I read a book last year called How Democracies Die which was written by two American academics who had clearly…
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No Deal is and has always been the only way to leave the EU
After much fanfare, Theresa May finally announced to the nation last week that she had managed to reach a deal…
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A defence of the House of Lords as it is
I noted a blog post recently (“Is Britain a Democracy” by JD in the LVI) about how the UK cannot…
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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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The Magna Carta was the most significant moment in British democratic history!
Throughout history there have been many actions taken to promote expanding the franchise in Britain, from the execution of Charles…
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