Constitutional reform will not save Labour
The United Kingdom’s unwritten constitution is little more than a tangle of precedents designed to maintain the stability…
Constitutional reform
We need our own Welsh constitutional convention – a people’s convention
Our RightWhen Bob Dylan sang “don’t speak too soon for the wheel is still in spin, for the…
Labour must once again be the party of constitutional reform
“I am not prepared to put up with a system, which once every generation, every 30 years, gives…
Ideas to improve the constitution aren’t enough: Labour must change the debate
Setting out his plans for a constitutional commission, Keir Starmer said: “Of course, a project of this scale…
Why the new ‘independent review’ of the Human Rights Act is worrying
The Conservative government launched an ‘independent review of the Human Rights Act’ this week. After years of huffing and…
Labour should build a transformational devolution agenda – and not stop there
Law professor Sionaidh Douglass-Scott recently said that “constitution-building is a bit like dentistry: there’s never a good time…
10 Downing Street has declared war. Two decades of devolution are under attack
Two decades of devolution are under attack. The UK internal market bill is designed to bring an end…
What the cabinet reshuffle tells us about Tory constitutional reform plans
In my last post, I promised to keep LabourList readers updated on the Tory plans for constitutional reform.…
Fear for the future – Tory plans for constitutional reform will affect us all
Given the rage of the Tory government and its supporters in the media at the judicial interventions since…
Richard Leonard has backed Lords abolition. Labour conference must do the same
Last week, the rumours were proven true. Theresa May – who had previously said David Cameron’s Lords appointments…
