devolution

3 min read 2023-01-20 21:22:32

The North East devolution deal aligns political will with economic reality

After seven years on the wish list, Santa delivered the North East devolution deal between Christmas and New Year. Economic sense has prevailed. The

2 min read 2023-01-18 00:29:44

Sinead McLaughlin is an SDLP MLA in Foyle Tune into the radio most mornings and chances are that you will hear a debate underway on access to some

2 min read 2023-01-07 16:06:06

Lt Gen Mike Flynn goes on the record about “QAnon”, in response to questioning by Seth Holehouse and he is quite irate at the stupidity of it.

12 min read 2022-12-21 16:00:00

Yesterday, the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill was heard at Stage 3. If it receives royal assent, it will amend the Gender Recognition Act

6 min read 2022-12-20 21:00:00

Introduction: The Supreme Court’s Textual Fidelity The UK Supreme Court (UKSC) recently issued its unanimous judgment which found the

4 min read 2022-12-17 00:24:07

This is an issue which is increasingly focusing the minds of many in Wales, especially since Brexit and the impetus in Scotland towards another

8 min read 2022-12-08 16:00:00

On Monday, the Labour Party published the report of the Commission on the UK’s Future, chaired by Gordon Brown: A New Britain: Renewing Our

5 min read 2022-12-08 15:00:48

Earlier this week, Labour published their new report on devolution led by Gordon Brown. While its policies on the House of Lords and Scotland have

6 min read 2022-11-30 16:00:00

It has become increasingly popular to include what I term a ‘super-enabling clause’ in primary legislation. It is my contention these clauses are

3 min read 2022-11-29 21:00:00

At paras 56-57 of their judgment, the court in Reference by the Lord Advocate of devolution issues ([2022] UKSC 31) declared: “The central issue

9 min read 2022-11-21 16:00:00

At the end of June, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon set out the Scottish Government’s roadmap for a referendum on Scottish

7 min read 2022-11-03 19:48:26

The phrase ‘muscular unionism’ is new but the concept is not. As Prime Minister, Boris Johnson called Scottish devolution ‘a disaster north of

9 min read 2022-10-27 01:51:58

We’re keeping Hopium alive today with this audio by SG Anon, who claims to be in touch with a White Hat source who tells him that Donald Trump, Xi

4 min read 2022-10-22 19:56:23

Nicola Sturgeon and Jeremy Hunt spoke within an hour of each other earlier on October 17: the First Minister to set out her economic prospectus on

3 min read 2022-10-13 23:37:43

Since being appointed Prime Minister, Liz Truss has made it no secret that the pursuit of national economic growth is at the core of her policy