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About Iain McLean

Iain McLean FBA is Professor of Politics, Oxford University, and author of What's Wrong with the British Constitution? (Oxford University Press, November 2009).

Articles by Iain McLean

Wednesday 4th January

Same-sex marriage and the Church of England: an argument for disestablishment

A consultation has been launched on allowing civil partnerships to be registered on religious premises in England and Wales. Some have claimed the Church of England should be exempt - because it is established. What would this special treatment mean for religious freedom and equality?
Saturday 3rd December

Time to save religious freedom from the UK's religious right

Fear of litigation by the 'Gaystapo' against dissenters is a smokescreen objection to permitting some faith groups conduct civil partnerships on religious premises. It has no basis in law - only bigotry.
Friday 5th February
Saturday 19th December

Charles: answer to a republican’s prayer?

Prince Charles has strong opinions about architecture, alternative medicine, and the English countryside. In continuing to press them on government ministers he is in danger of breaching the constitutional contracts of 1689.
Friday 27th November
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