It ain’t showbiz
For everyone who regularly bemoans the raucous showdown that is Prime Minister’s Questions, this week’s mostly respectful and thoughtful exchange between David Cameron and Ed Miliband was a welcomed surprise. In the even that you didn’t see this week’s PMQs, it was described variously as “eerily quiet and unusually civilised PMQs. Politics the way it [...]
Political perceptions
As I have frequently written on this blog, I read a variety of British media, left and right. I tend to avoid the tabloid press unless some other source directly links to an article that appeared in one of them, and so my daily reading includes the BBC, Guardian, Independent, Telegraph, New Statesmen, the Spectator [...]
Lessons Learned – Part 3
This will probably be my final installment discussing some of the findings in the House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee’s Report, Lessons from the process of Government formation after the 2010 General Election. If you missed them, here are the links to Part 1 and Part 2. In this post, I will look [...]
Lessons Learned – Part 2
Continuing my discussion of the House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee’s recent report, Lessons from the process of Government formation after the 2010 General Election, in this section, I will look at their findings regarding when a Prime Minister should resign and the appointment of the new Prime Minister. Parliamentary custom and convention [...]
Lessons learned – Part 1
Last week, the House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee released their two-volume report Lessons from the process of Government formation after the 2010 General Election. It’s a fascinating reading, if, like me, you find this sort of thing fascinating. The report (found in Volume I – Volume II is written evidence) tackles the [...]
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