Whilst the Conservatives try to paint themselves ‘green’, a quiet announcement this week shows their government's climate commitments up as more hot air.
The government is trying to kill its own trade bill, after Parliament insisted on adding more democracy as a bulwark against secretive negotiations using the Crown prerogative.
The Trump and Johnson administrations’ attacks on the judiciary and lawmakers are part of a broader rise of authoritarianism, and must be seen alongside shocking recently unearthed comments about the use of torture.
Last week’s Supreme Court decision that Johnson’s prorogation of Parliament was unlawful re-established constitutional norms, confirming democratic principles.
Last week, we successfully defended the UK parliament. But to get out of the ongoing constitutional crises, we need in-depth longer term thinking. A current initiative deserves greater attention. (Part one of a two part series).
Kalypso Nicolaidis is one of hundreds of European citizens becoming British every week. She has just published an exploration of Brexit through Biblical and Greek Mythology( "Exodus, Reckoning, Sacrifice: Three Meanings of Brexit”, London: Unbound).
