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ACOBA is dead. The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, born in 1975, died aged 50, quietly in October 2025. Few mourned, or probably even noticed, its passing. It was rarely news-worthy, except in failure, especially in its later years due … [Read more...] about Farewell to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments

There are not one, but two, spectres haunting British government (to paraphrase Marx and Engels). They are two sometimes obscure but very real views on the way the British constitution is supposed to work. The first, and usually dominant, view is … [Read more...] about Westminster vs Whitehall: Who will win?