constitution
Where is Parliament?
If MPs cannot curb rule by decree, then they have little constitutional relevance
A vengeful pursuit of political power
Natascha Engel reviews Unspeakable by John Bercow
Supremely impartial
Far from being enemies of the people, our judges have a fine record in ignoring political considerations when making their rulings
A one-sided view of history that neuters parliament
Brexiteers are right: parliamentary sovereignty is inextricably linked with national sovereignty
Jury’s out for the new attorney general
Is Suella Braverman up to the job?
Squalid optimist
The PM’s mendacity about the sunlit uplands of New Model Britain is psychotic
The UK’s four nations can be reinvented and flourish
The Anglo-British belief in national self-government could forge a new path
Judging the judges
The way forward is clear: we need another Constitutional Reform Act, writes Joshua Rozenberg
Restoring the Constitution
Martin Howe QC explains why we need a Restoration of the Constitution Bill
Fishermen’s tails
Through history, Mermaids have been treated as more real than legendary, even by those who have had a reputation to uphold
Churchill and the genocide myth
Zareer Masani says the wartime prime minister has been unfairly vilified over the 1943 Indian famine
A question of taste
Rex Whistler’s Tate mural should be seen more as an ironic Rococo fantasy than the work of a racist
Letter for Washington: Biden, meet Boris
The case for tentative optimism about transatlantic relations
Who really got Brexit done?
British sovereignty has been restored – thanks to ERG obstinacy and Keir Starmer’s epic miscalculation
Why we might look back on Trump’s foreign policy with fondness
Joe Biden’s election signals a return to Washington’s default liberal and progressive values, especially in foreign affairs
The paradox of Nazi culture
The Nazis were so obsessed with the otherness of the Jews that they created an alternative cultural universe for them
What’s the point of the ECHR?
Social policies have become issues of human rights
The day the dictators met
Thankfully, the two fascist leaders’ meeting at Hendaye remains nothing more than a footnote in history
It takes all sorts
Patrick Galbraith on rural racism and the fear of outsiders