Monthly Archives: September 2019
What is a vote of no confidence?
I see there is now talk of opposition parties seeking to move a vote of no confidence in the government, but one that does not engage the provisions of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act. For a motion to trigger the provisions … Continue reading
Alice in Wonderland, or more on the Fixed-term Parliaments Act
As readers will be well aware, I have done various posts on the consequences of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act, including one at the beginning of the month. In 2017, some thought the ease with which Theresa May gained a two-thirds … Continue reading
Is Parliament the winner?
The Supreme Court decision in Cherry/Miller (No. 2) raises questions as to whether it constitutes an attack on Parliament or serves to protect it. Some MPs have assailed it as undermining Parliament. Is Parliament a winner in the light of … Continue reading
Perpetual rewriting….
In 1982, I published The Constitution in Flux, covering different aspects of constitutional change. One senior lawyer in reviewing the book did offer the view that it was prescient. I have not written a second edition as such, in part … Continue reading
Do we need a ‘written’ constitution?
Calls for a ‘written’ constitution for the UK are being increasingly heard. Before addressing the argument, there are two preliminary points that need to be made. First, most of our constitution is written. It is embodied in a range of … Continue reading
Being geeky…
My post likening Brexit to an aircraft crash landing got noted in The Daily Mail, mainly as a peg for an old joke. Having once been described in the Evening Standard as a Tory grandee, here I am described as … Continue reading
Yet more on the Fixed-term Parliaments Act…
The Fixed-term Parliaments Act is again centre stage. As regular readers know, this is an Act that has been the subject of several posts, usually for the purpose of correcting misunderstandings about its provisions. I gave evidence to the House … Continue reading
The Norton View 