Government & Parliament
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Public Inquiries in the Spotlight
The planned public inquiry into grooming gangs has run into trouble, with some survivors resigning from the consultation panel. This is challenging because the inquiry is specifically meant to give a voice to survivors who were ignored when they were groomed. Gone are the days when a judge conducted an orderly process, deciding who to listen to and whether their views fell within the permitted scope of the exercise. Now, inquiry chairs are expected to have remarkable capacities to orchestrate a cathartic process of listening, memorialising and healing. In this collection, comprised of both recent and archive articles, Matt Flinders, Geoffrey Howe, Kieran Walshe, Nick Timmins and Natacha Harding give their insights into the politics of public inquiries.
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Localism, Levelling Up and Taking Back Control: Tensions in the Ambiguous Justification of English Devolution
The government’s devolution bill is justified along economic growth lines. This risks the devolution agenda as a whole if it doesn't materalise.
- Devolution
- Constitution
- Sovereignty
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Review: Ungovernable. The Political Diaries of a Chief Whip, by Simon Hart
The memoirs of a whip in love with his leaders.
- Conservative Party
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In Talking About ‘Borders’, did King Charles Overstep Constitutional Boundaries?
During Macron's state visit, King Charles delivered a controversial speech in which he explicitly referenced illegal migration.
- Constitution
- Brexit
- Labour Party
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Not Too Unrealistic a Future of Liberal Democracy: A Reflection on the Self-Coup Attempt in South Korea
The South Korean insurrection serves as a disturbing reminder of the challenges that liberal democracies face.
- Political Parties
- Populism
- Progressive Politics
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Fixing the ‘Polycrisis’ in Local Government Finance
Radical changes are needed for local government.
- Devolution
- Progressive Politics
- Labour Party
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Good Chaps and Guardrails: Backstopping Democracy with a Reverse Salisbury Convention for the House of Lords
By providing guardrails and democratic backstops in advance of a crisis, we can provide ourselves with extra chances if all else fails.
- Constitution
- Parliament
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The New Politics of Public Inquiries
An 'inquiry on inquiries’ at a time when more public inquiries are running concurrently than in any other time in British history.
- Civil Service & Bureaucracy
- Parliament
- Progressive Politics
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How to Fight Back: Charting Opposition to the Actions of the Trump Administration
Blue States, Labour organisations and Civil Rights organisations are doing the most – what can we learn from them?
- Populism
- USA
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"So This is how Liberty Dies… " Making Sense of Trump's First Three Weeks
Categorising 69 Trump administration actions from the last 3 weeks and showing how they align with the authoritarian playbook.
- Populism
- USA
