Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
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in constitutional political economy, Public Choice Tags: British constitutional law, British politics
In the UK and Commonwealth, an oath of allegiance is a promise to be loyal to the monarch, their heirs and successors. Also known as ‘swearing in’, it is pledged in various contexts, including at the beginning of a Parliament and when government ministers assume office. The allegiance is pledged to the monarch as the […]
Francesca Jackson: The Oath of Allegiance, and the Battle for Independence
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in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: British politics
By Paul Homewood It’s a bit half hearted, but better than nothing, I guess: From the Telegraph: Conservatives will end net-zero targets that are ‘bankrupting the country’ Kemi Badenoch will promise on Thursday to scrap Britain’s flagship climate change law if the Conservatives regain power. The Tory leader is vowing to repeal the “failed” […]
Badenoch vows to scrap ‘failed’ climate change law
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in constitutional political economy, economic history, Public Choice Tags: British constitutional law, British politics
Dr Philip Salmon looks at a key element of Parliament which we don’t usually have much opportunity to reflect on in our work on Victorian MPs and constituencies: the House of Lords. As he explains below, the upper chamber played a vital role in many important 19th century reforms and continued to wield significant influence […]
The role and power of the Victorian House of Lords
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in liberalism, Marxist economics, politics Tags: British politics, free speech, political correctness, regressive left
Rose Docherty is what they call a criminal recidivist in the United Kingdom. The 75-year-old woman has been arrested for a second time for the same fiendish act: offering to speak to women considering an abortion. She was arrested outside the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow for carrying a placard which stated “Coercion is […]
Scottish Police Arrest Serial Speaker: Elderly Woman Charged After Holding Sign Offering to Discuss Abortion
29 Sep 2025 1 Comment
in health and safety, International law, labour economics, law and economics Tags: British constitutional law, British politics, economics of immigration
On 26 August 2025 Nigel Farage (Leader of Reform UK) and Zia Yusuf (now Head of Policy at Reform UK) unveiled their plan titled, ‘Operation Restoring Justice’. Key points from the plan were also reiterated at the Next Step Conference on 05 September 2025. Reform UK address the topic of immigration in their plan, adding […]
Richard Brant and Lauren Butler: Reform UK’s Plans for “Getting Tough on Illegal Immigration”: From Legal Reset to Sunset
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in economics of bureaucracy, politics, Public Choice Tags: British politics
A new law is going through Parliament to ban public officials from misleading the public. It sounds like a good idea, but it has the potential to spiral out of control very quickly. I’ve written about it for The Critic. The bear trap in the Public Office (Accountability) Bill is the unprecedented creation of a new…
A ban on lying
23 Sep 2025 1 Comment
in constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, Public Choice Tags: British constitutional law, British politics
On September 10, 2022, Penny Mordaunt presided over the King’s Accession Council. Since then, there has been some confusion regarding the nature of her role. Was she Lord President or merely Acting Lord President? What seems like a straightforward question at first glance turns out to be surprisingly complex. Appointing the Lord President The […]
A very British fudge
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in constitutional political economy, economic history Tags: British constitutional law, British politics
Dr Simon Payling, of our 1461-1504 section, tracks the development of Parliament and Politics in the Later Middle Ages, from its Anglo-Saxon roots to the more formal split between the House of Commons and House of Lords that we recognise today… All long-lived institutions have their antecedents, and the antecedents of Parliament (or, perhaps more […]
Parliament and Politics in the Later Middle Ages
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in health economics, liberalism Tags: British constitutional law, British politics, end-of-life choice
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is now in the House of Lords. After months of frantic activity in the Commons there is an opportunity for Parliament to draw breath and for the upper house to consider this measure carefully. It already has two critical committee reports published by the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee and […]
Stephen Tierney: The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – a dangerous licence for executive law-making
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in defence economics, economics of crime, law and economics, war and peace Tags: British politics, free speech, Gaza Strip, Middle-East politics, political correctness, regressive left, war against terror
A report published on the BBC News website’s ‘England’ and ‘Bradford’ pages on September 6th purports to inform readers about a legal case. Titled “Pro-Palestine activists sentenced over protest”, that uncredited article tells BBC audiences that: [emphasis added] “A group of pro-Palestine activists who staged a seven-hour protest on the roof of an aerospace and […]
BBC report on ‘pro-Palestine activists’ omits link to proscribed group
01 Sep 2025 1 Comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics Tags: bribery and corruption, British politics
Concluding her series on the 1883 Corrupt Practices Act, Dr Kathryn Rix of our House of Commons, 1832-1945 project looks at the long-term consequences of this major reform. In the wake of the corruption and expense of the 1880 general election, Sir Henry James, attorney general in Gladstone’s Liberal government, oversaw a landmark piece of […]
A ‘revolution’ in electioneering? The impact of the 1883 Corrupt Practices Act
29 Aug 2025 1 Comment
in applied price theory, economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, industrial organisation Tags: British politics, climate activists, wind power
By Paul Homewood Why is the price of electricity so high? It’s a puzzle, because successive politicians (Blair, Cameron, May, Johnson and now Starmer and Miliband) and lots of lobbyists have told us we should have expected quite the opposite: cheap energy, to be achieved by getting out of fossil fuels. First exit […]
Why Are Electricity Prices So High?–Dieter Helm
23 Aug 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: British politics
Another steel mill just entered administration.
Mad Miliband’s British Net Zero Industrial Collapse
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in constitutional political economy, economic history, Public Choice Tags: British constitutional law, British history, British politics
Unlike the House of Commons, which underwent major ‘democratic’ reform in the 19th century, the Lords remained virtually unchanged during the entire Victorian period. With a new hereditary peers bill now entering its final stages, Dr Philip Salmon explores how and why the House of Lords was able to survive the ‘age of reform’, highlighting […]
House of Lords reform: a Victorian perspective
09 Aug 2025 Leave a comment
in Marxist economics, politics Tags: British politics
The Guardian reports: Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana have reached agreement over the launch of a new leftwing party after weeks of discussions, sending out a joint statement encouraging would-be supporters to register their interest. The new movement has yet to be named but has an interim website under the moniker of Your party. In a statement on X, the two […]
A new left UK party
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