Alamy/PA 12 janeiro 2024 Sunak’s plan to overrule courts on Post Office scandal could set a dangerous precedent – but other options would mean stumping up cash Catherine Hobby, University of East London It’s hard not to support the plan to right this miscarriage of justice but the government is setting a dangerous constitutional precedent in order to correct its own mistakes.
Resignation honours are an historic, yet contested, tradition in British politics. Boris Johnson’s were always going to add to the controversy. Tolga Akmen/EPA-EFE 11 novembro 2022 Resignation honours: what are they, why are they so controversial and can the system ever be changed? Sam Power, University of Sussex The prospect of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss adding peers to the House of Lords has reopened a knotty debate that never quite gets resolved.
Clicksbox / Shutterstock 30 agosto 2022 Liz Truss may not appoint an ethics adviser – does that really matter? Martin Farr, Newcastle University Having an ethics adviser is a matter of convention, not a legal requirement.