Vernon Bogdanor’s intelligent and thoughtful set of essays, Making the Weather, explores how political change is effected in a democracy Simon Heffer is an author, historian and biographer. He also ...

Vernon Bogdanor is the leading academic authority on the strange jumble of customs, laws and myths known as the British constitution. To that role he brings formidable learning, a relentless appetite ...

The election changed everything and now deadlock in parliament looms. The final deal may have to go back to the people Vernon Bogdanor is professor of government at King’s College London Negotiations ...

Vernon Bogdanor is fond of saying that he makes a living out of something that doesn't exist - namely a British constitution. But that's a line he may have to revise in the light of recent ...

Reforms such as the Human Rights Act, devolution, and freedom of information were more radical than anything that Britain had seen since before 1914. The outcome has been what I have called in my ...

In his article on the implications of Scottish devolution, Vernon Bogdanor calls for a UK-wide constitutional convention, possibly leading to a written constitution (A one-state solution to the ...

The author, Vernon Bogdanor, a respected professor of government, argues that the influence of these six was based on being good communicators and “important teachers.” During the 1930s, Winston ...

"A manacle chaining Europe." That is what Romano Prodi, president of the European Commission, has called the right of member states to veto European legislation, which Tony Blair, like his ...

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IT’S the brain-bending political conundrum that makes the tangled plot of hit movie The Matrix look simple to follow. Theresa May’s Brexit deal will be voted on by MPs on December 11, and if – as ...

Rather than centralising power, the union should realise that challenging members’ national identities sparks resistance In fewer than 100 days, Brexit will have been completed. Britain will be ...

The prime minister survived a Conservative party mutiny but could find her position untenable if her withdrawal deal is rejected Theresa May last week won a vote of confidence from Conservative MPs.