I've never looked forward to a new book appearing in print so much as I am looking forward to the translation of Patrizi's 'De institutione reipublicae'. I just hope it is the full text, and not merely an abridgement. eburke Harvard University Press When is the publication date?

We had some great achievements after WW2: the NHS, the slaying of Beveridge's 'Five Giants', grammar schools and the opening of higher education, great scientific and technological achievements, world-leading music and culture. Achievements after 1979, though, are harder to find.

The global story of the Westminster Model in the 20th century is the embrace of Bagehot's parliamentary government and the rejection of Dicey's parliamentary sovereignty. Read all about it in 'Westminster and the World'.

Henry Neville, in his 1681 tract, 'Plato Redivivus', compared constitutional decay to the French disease: easily cured, when hard to detect; but hard to cure, often fatal, when it is obvious. A generation ago, the UK's constitutional decay was easily cured. Now it is obvious.

Full Statement by Macron, Meloni, Merz, Starmer, Stubb, Tusk, Costa and von der Leyen: 👇🏻 “Early this morning, President Trump debriefed us and President Zelenskyy following his meeting with the Russian President in Alaska on 15 August 2025. Leaders welcomed President Trump’s

This book isn’t very long, less than 300 pages, if you have an interest in #Constitutional #Politics, it’s well worth the effort

Totally not a waste of a Saturday night and a Sunday afternoon: civicdemocracy.wordpress.com/wp-content/upl…

2,000 years ago, when the powerful few abused the many, a barefoot rabbi flipped over the tables of injustice. To those who love democracy, to those who love our neighbors: It’s time to start flipping tables.

Believing that Christianity is, in some vague social, ethical and cultural way, a Good Thing, and finding beauty and rootedness in old stones and old words, is not the real thing. But it can be a gateway to the real thing. This has become more normal recently, but it is not new.