Government & Parliament
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Review: Weak Strongman. The Limits of Power in Putin’s Russia, by Timothy Frye
A particular view of Vladimir Putin has become ever more entrenched in the English-speaking world. Now that conventional wisdom is coming in for some serious scholarly challenge.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Trade
- Identity Politics
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Parliament’s One-Year Review of the Coronavirus Act 2020
Even as Covid-19 is absorbed into ‘the new normal’, the government’s response continues to be framed by an emergency paradigm, underpinned largely by the Coronavirus Act 2020.
- Political Parties
- Covid-19
- Human Rights
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Where Next for Conservatism? The New Political Divide is Age
The capacity to appeal to both the principles of freedom and belonging whilst shifting the balance between them is key to the long-term political success of the Conservatives.
- Conservative Party
- Equality
- Progressive Politics
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English Devolution and Covid
If local government is to drive the economic recovery, overcome regional inequalities and provide better public services, the Treasury will have to enable greater fiscal autonomy.
- Devolution
- Covid-19
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Questions of Sovereignty: Redefining Politics in Scotland?
Is a struggle between sovereigntists and unionists the inevitable new politics? Not necessarily.
- Devolution
- Sovereignty
- Scotland
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Scotland: A More European people?
Europeanism is not in the original DNA of the Scottish National Party. Yet the now-ruling SNP is reconnecting with an old European allegiance as an alternative to being part of the UK. Is this alternative feasible?
- Devolution
- Brexit
- Scotland
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Sovereignty, Legislative Supremacy and Devolution
There are two possible interpretations of the sovereignty of parliament: parliamentary sovereignty and parliamentary legislative supremacy. A failure to appreciate this distinction obfuscates constitutional debates.
- Devolution
- Sovereignty
- Parliament
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Walking the Dark Side: Evading Parliamentary Scrutiny
There is a dark side to parliamentary scrutiny: where the principles and practicalities of scrutiny are not aligned, and where willingness and capacity are constrained or non-existent.
- Political Parties
- Parliament
- Covid-19
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The Politics of Levelling-up
As a broad aspiration for the country, levelling-up will eventually crash into the hard-fiscal reality that not everywhere can be levelled-up.
- Conservative Party
- Equality
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The New Political Divides at the 2019 Election
Small groups of potential swing voters play a fundamental role in UK elections. The Conservative campaign message targeted a relatively small number of Labour voters prepared to switch.
- Conservative Party
- Political Parties
- Brexit
