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Recent Blogs
Questioning Law’s Empire
The first of this year’s Reith lectures, given by Lord Sumption and broadcast yesterday morning, traces “Law’s Expanding Empire”, outlining how and why the domain of law, and the courts, has come to reach so widely.
Britain’s vital strategic interests in space
Space professionals in the UK have been let down by governments who fail to grasp the importance of space. This has to change.
Constitutional government, parliamentary democracy and judicial power
Richard Ekins revisits the nature of constitutional government in a parliamentary democracy, answering some related criticisms of the Judicial Power Project.
Effective competition policies – a key to prosperity
Historically, the UK has not had as effective competition policies as other countries – but that can change.
India thinks space power status requires offensive military space capabilities – and may be right
Linking space power with offensive capabilities reflects wider trends in global strategic affairs.
Britain could be a world leader in how we deal with rubbish
Emerging middle classes around the world are putting the pressure on the UK to think about how it handles waste. It should invest in innovation to become a world leader.
The Speaker should allow a third meaningful vote on the Brexit deal
The Speaker is right that the “same question” rule is well precedented and would need consideration in this case. But it would be quite wrong to apply the “same question” rule to disallow a third meaningful vote on the Government’s Brexit deal.
Reviving high streets through planning reform
Changes to the planning system can make it easier for high streets to adapt to prevailing trends in how we live, work and shop.
20 years of the euro
Twenty years after the creation of the euro, a powerful cocktail of forces have made the southern economies of Europe permanently uncompetitive compared to the northern economies and the wider international economy. Yet the currency may limp on for years yet
Net Assessment for the MOD: Implementation is Key
Net Assessment is a tremendous opportunity for a strategic renaissance – we must get it right from the beginning
