Climate Repair

Our house is on fire. I am here to say, our house is on fire. […] I want you to act as you would in a crisis. I want you to act as if our house is on fire. Because it is. Greta Thunberg At long last, the public are waking up to the threat

Proroguing Parliament is a Threat to Democracy

Unless you have spent today under a rock, you will know that the Queen has approved Boris Johnson’s reckless decision to prorogue Parliament for five weeks, as a backdoor mechanism to prevent MPs from legislating to block a no-deal Brexit. I believe this is profoundly anti-democratic and even somewhat authoritarian. Our constitution is unwritten, and

Brexit: Whatever Next?

The swiftly unravelling process of attempting to leave the European Union is plunging Britain into a political and constitutional crisis. In the last few days, MPs have decisively rejected Theresa May’s proposed withdrawal agreement for the second time. Whilst the majority against the agreement this time was less than it was the first time, the