Tag: general election
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Kenneth Campbell QC: Constitutional Discourse Post-referendum: Where Are We, and Where Are We Going Next?
Editors’ note: This is the first of two blogs by Kenneth Campbell reflecting upon the constitutional state of play as Parliament prepares to consider the Brexit process. In common with other constitutional and EU law sites, this blog glowed white hot in the immediate aftermath of the EU referendum. Understandably, many commentators were occupied with…
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Craig Prescott: A ‘Snap’ General Election? It’s Far from a Certainty
Now the Conservative Party leadership election has come to an abrupt halt with the withdrawal of Andrea Leadsom, Theresa May will become Prime Minister on Wednesday. Calls to hold a ‘snap’ general election, which have been heard ever since the referendum will intensify on the basis that May lacks a mandate to govern. Already, senior…
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Kenneth Armstrong: Should Turkeys Vote (be)for(e) Christmas? An Early General Election and Article 50
In a piece published last week I set out the argument for why a general election is needed before the UK notifies a decision to withdraw from the European Union in terms of Article 50 TEU. Writing here, Mike Gordon similarly also redirects constitutional lawyers concerns about the role of parliament in the withdrawal process,…
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Thomas Adams: Is There a Mandate Here?
What’s done is done, or so Richard Ekins has forcefully argued about the result of the referendum held on June 23rd. Whilst, as he notes, there may be real questions about whether, for example, the issue of continued membership of the EU ought to have been put to the people rather than reserved for Parliament,…
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Jonathan Morgan: A Brexit General Election?
Alea jacta est said Caesar, having crossed the Rubicon and burned his bridges. The Brexit referendum appears equally momentous and irreversible. But is it? There have been calls for Parliament simply to ignore the outcome. A fresh general election should be called to resolve the mounting constitutional crisis. The post-referendum debate presents both straightforward and…
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Mike Gordon: Brexit: The Constitutional Necessity of an Early General Election
In the stunning aftermath of the Brexit referendum, intense debate among constitutional lawyers has focused on Art 50 TEU, and the domestic legal (or constitutional) requirements for a decision to leave the EU. In this post, I want to step back from this debate – important though it has been, and continues to be –…
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Ruvi Ziegler: The ‘Brexit’ Referendum: We Need to Talk about the (General Election) Franchise
In its 27 May 2015 Queen’s speech, the Conservative government announced that ‘early legislation will be introduced to provide for an in/out referendum’. The following day, it introduced the European Union Referendum Bill, which passed its third reading in the House of Commons on 7 September 2015 (by 316 votes to 53). The second reading…
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Louise Thompson: Committee Stages and Constitutional Reform in the New Parliament
Editors’ note: This post is based upon a conference paper presented at the UKCLA conference ‘Debating the Constitution after the General Election’ held at the University of Manchester on 24 June 2015. After the 2010 General Election the world of Westminster was in something of a constitutional disarray. The first peacetime coalition in over half…
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Richard Cornes: Plan B – The Hawaii of the North Atlantic? Constitutional Futures 2015 – 2025 – A Vignette, and Comment
January 1, 2025 As the first day of 2025 dawns the people of the Kingdom of England wake looking forward to the arrival of their new passports, issued by the United States of… America. Governor Farage’s message is unusually sober, encouraging, almost apologetic: While we had hoped to make our future with the Commonwealth, despite…
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Event: Debating the Constitution, University of Manchester
A UK Constitutional Law Association Conference: Debating the Constitution 24 June 2015, 11am – 5pm Council Chambers, Whitworth Building University of Manchester On Wednesday 24 June 2015, the UKCLA will be hosting a conference at the University of Manchester. The aim of the conference is to provide an informal forum to engage in debate on…