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Proroguing and prerogative: have the courts just upended our constitution?

The constitution is an intricate tapestry: pull at one thread at your peril, for you may find that the whole unravels.

By Eliot Wilson

Proroguing and prerogative: have the courts just upended our constitution?

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How the Lords can block the Commons on the Article 50 Bill

A former House of Commons clerk on the mechanics behind a deeply significant piece of legislation.

By Eliot Wilson

In praise of select committees

A former House of Commons clerk reflects on a decade of public scrutiny.

By Eliot Wilson

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