And we’re all for a rebalancing – but Parliamentary government must mean Parliament in full, not just the executive.
We don’t read her as a quitter. And the next election may come as early as 2023. But if she does step down before it, you read it here first.
Constitutionally, socially, and symbolically, the monarchy is an institution that binds us together in ways no presidency could.
The Lord Chancellor post could be returned to the Lords – and once again become both a senior judge and a Cabinet member at once.
There’s a difference between skiving school with your friends and travelling to Syria to pledge your allegiance to a death cult.
The Government’s plan may mean a change from the Court to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council – widening the set of judges who sit.
There’s a case for empowering our courts to make a genocide ruling over the Uighars. But not for giving them a veto on trade deals in doing so.
Repeal will to restore politics – and the electorate – to its rightful place at the core of the United Kingdom’s constitution.
Ministers are indeed attempting to restore the power to call an election to the Prime Minister, using the Royal Prerogative – and shield it from the courts.
The former Chief Adviser has had little to do with the negotiation recently, but his leaving has knock-on effects on it. Here’s why.
It was promised “in our first year”. Instead, there will be mini-commissions, and a push to reform a Government bugbear: judicial review.
We’ve learned nothing at all about his outlook but quite a lot about his capacities during the last tumultuous twelve months.
The Court of Appeal’s judgement in the Begum case is a reminder of wider issues – and the pledge in last December’s manifesto.
Will they fight any following cases all the way to the Supreme Court, and ask it to overturn Kerr’s decision?