Since the Conservative government’s landslide victory in the 2019 general election, constitutional reform has been on top of […]
Category Archive: Constitutional reform
Clearly, liberal democracy is at a crossroad. Many are dissatisfied with the state of political affairs in their […]
Arguments for and against a single written (or ‘codified’) UK constitution often revolve around flexibility versus rigidity or […]
Parliament can do anything – except replace the House of Lords? For over a century, replacing the House […]
The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (hereafter the FTPA) removed the Prime Minister’s power to unilaterally trigger a general […]
At the beginning of Democracy in America, de Tocqueville writes that in studying democracy its “…Faults strike one […]
Introduction: Multiple votes, one referendum Even before the vote on 23 June 2016, questions were raised about the […]
In such frenzied constitutional times – with only a general election resulting in a hung Parliament and a […]
Editors’ note: This is the second of a two-part contribution. The first part may be found here. Part […]
Editors’ note: This is the first part of a two-part contribution. The second part will be posted tomorrow. […]
