Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job
Andrew Blick is the author of People who Live in the Dark: The History of the Special Adviser in British Politics (Politicos, 2004 ) and How to Go to War (Politicos, 2005).
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAbolition of the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee is a loss to British democracyThe government's decision to abolish the Political and Constitutional Reform Commitee is a major blow, depriving...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFour options for configuring the UKUnitary state, devolution, federalism or confederation? Andrew Blick discusses four options for configuring the UK.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKMagna Carta can still challenge the orthodoxy and help resolve today’s democratic difficultiesWhat influence does Magna Carta, signed 800 years ago at Runnymede by King John, continue to have over UK democracy...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCabinet Manual: a preliminary assessment of Britain's 'guide to governance'
The Cabinet Manual is as close to a written constitution as Britain has. But there are dangers that it has been...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA guide to the UK system of government nears completion - but where are the public?
The Cabinet Manual - as close as the UK has ever come to a written constitution - is near completion. But the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBook Review: Anderson's EuropeThe European Union may very well be stumbling into recession with Germany and the UK to the fore as they savage...