Publications

8th November 2010

[First Published on Monday 8th November 2010] This archive item is a window onto issues as they appeared at the time. It contains facts and opinions which may have been superseded by subsequent events. According to the Government “our … [Read more...] about Constituency boundaries – joining up the map of reform?

1st November 2010

[First Published on Monday 1st November 2010] This archive item is a window onto issues as they appeared at the time. It contains facts and opinions which may have been superseded by subsequent events. Professor Margaret Wilson, Former … [Read more...] about Political reform: still a choice or new political necessity?

6th October 2010

[First Published on Wednesday 6th October 2010] This archive item is a window onto issues as they appeared at the time. It contains facts and opinions which may have been superseded by subsequent events. Opinion polls on AV over the summer … [Read more...] about 71% think independent body should draft referendum question

16th September 2010

[First Published on Thursday 16th September 2010] This archive item is a window onto issues as they appeared at the time. It contains facts and opinions which may have been superseded by subsequent events. Following five hours of debate, the … [Read more...] about The unseemly haste to introduce fixed term parliaments

30th July 2010

[First Published on Friday 30th July 2010] This archive item is a window onto issues as they appeared at the time. It contains facts and opinions which may have been superseded by subsequent events. On 22nd July 2010 a bill was introduced in … [Read more...] about The Politics of Electoral Reform

29th July 2010

[First Published on Thursday 29th July 2010] This archive item is a window onto issues as they appeared at the time. It contains facts and opinions which may have been superseded by subsequent events. “There’s nothing new under the sun”, wrote … [Read more...] about Looking for that special someone: the enduring relationship between politicians and special advisers

24th July 2010

[First Published on Saturday 24th July 2010] This archive item is a window onto issues as they appeared at the time. It contains facts and opinions which may have been superseded by subsequent events. Thursday 10th July saw yet another call … [Read more...] about Experts join calls for joined-up thinking in the scramble for constitutional reform

17th July 2010

[First Published on Saturday 17th July 2010] This archive item is a window onto issues as they appeared at the time. It contains facts and opinions which may have been superseded by subsequent events. A new select committee has been … [Read more...] about Nick Clegg under scrutiny by the new Select Committee on Political and Constitutional Reform

11th July 2010

[First Published on Sunday 11th July 2010] This archive item is a window onto issues as they appeared at the time. It contains facts and opinions which may have been superseded by subsequent events. On the 29th June 2010, an epic debate took … [Read more...] about House of Lords reform: the Lords are speaking – is anyone listening?

16th June 2010

[First Published on Tuesday 16th June 2010] This archive item is a window onto issues as they appeared at the time. It contains facts and opinions which may have been superseded by subsequent events. At a talk hosted by the Hansard Society on … [Read more...] about The Speaker speaks of his plans for the future

7th June 2010

[First Published on Monday 7th June 2010] This archive item is a window onto issues as they appeared at the time. It contains facts and opinions which may have been superseded by subsequent events. The next sentence might offend about 171,000 … [Read more...] about Fear and Lothian in Westminster: the English question is not going to go away