A farewell to Minister of Justice Michael Wills
In the first of two reviews of the former lord chief justice’s book on the rule of law, John Jackson discusses the issue of its compatibility with the doctrine of Parliamentary Sovereignty
I hope very much that those MPs now facing the prospect of prosecution for the way in which they ‘managed’ their parliamentary expenses do claim immunity because, as MPs, they
On Tuesday morning one of our Treasury Ministers, Paul (Lord) Myners, remarked in a radio interview on the dangers inherent in ‘push button' computerised trading...
This article originally appeared on the blog of Open Up Now, the campaign for open primaries.This article originally appeared on the blog of Open Up Now, the campaign for open primaries.
I have just returned from a short visit to some of the (increasingly expensive) countries of the European Union. For much of the time I was in the enjoyable company
The man in the moon observing the current political scene in our country could be forgiven for concluding that our supposed leaders are competing with each other to see which
John Jackson joins the discussion of the possible strategies for democratic reform post-expenses launched by Anthony Barnett in his recent post.
Anthony Barnett > Peter Oborne > Melissa Lane >
Whilst I was putting on my socks this morning I listened to an unsuccessful attempt by the Today Programme to engage a government minister in discussion about Trident.
It reminded
My good friend Laura Sandys – Conservative candidate for Thanet and Chair of openDemocracy ( on whose board I also serve and which owns OurKingdom ) – wrote the equivalent of a party political
