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Why 'Devolution Max' is not enough
Today, St. Andrew’s Day, the Scottish Government launches its white paper on independence, setting out what an independent Scotland would look like. The reality, as many commentators have pointed out,… more →
The Jacobite Intelligencer: Jottings of a Jacobite Antiquary
Why 'Devolution Max' is not enough
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jacobite wrote 2 weeks ago: Today, St. Andrew’s Day, the Scottish Government launches its white paper on independence, setting o … more →
Succession Law up for grabs in Trinidad
jacobite wrote 3 weeks ago: Presumably because he could not think of anything else headline-grabbing to discuss with Commonwealt … more →
Will Scotland's referendum ever happen?
jacobite wrote 3 weeks ago: Opinion polls suggest that support for Scotland’s referendum on independence, and for the SNP … more →
The Confederacy of Kilkenny 1642-52: an experiment in Irish statehood
jacobite wrote 1 month ago: Seal of the General Assembly of the Catholic Confederacy of Kilkenny The Confederacy of Kilkenny fun … more →
Must a municipality supply free water to its inhabitants?
Maggie wrote 1 month ago: We recently discussed the Supreme Court of Appeal’s decision regarding the unconstitutionality of as … more →
Will Ireland say No to Lisbon?
jacobite wrote 2 months ago: The ‘No’ campaign to the Lisbon Treaty in Ireland has seen some curious bedfellows, nota … more →
The Constitutional Status of Wales
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jacobite wrote 2 months ago: Arms of the House of Aberffraw, senior line descendents of the House of Cunedda In 1283, when Edward … more →
Resident's Association Constitution
puteri9rachairman wrote 3 months ago: The Resident’s Association Constitution has been uploaded here and is available for viewing an … more →
Prospects for Scottish Independence
jacobite wrote 5 months ago: On the day when Her Majesty the Queen became the first monarch to visit the site of the Battle of Cu … more →
Disturbing Precedents
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jacobite wrote 7 months ago: The deposition of the Speaker of the House of Commons ought to be a disturbing event to both conserv … more →
On Evan Harris' Succession Bill
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jacobite wrote 8 months ago: As one might have expected, Evan Harris’ Succession Bill has slipped from public attention and … more →
Are there any limits to the Constitutional court's jurisdiction in labour matters?
labourlawoffices wrote 10 months ago: Section 167 of the Final Constitution provides that the Constitutional Court (“the Court”) may decid … more →
Ireland: the problem of a post-Jacobite identity
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jacobite wrote 1 year ago: I suspect it may well take an Englishman a lifetime fully to understand Irish history and Irish iden … more →
Opposition to the Act of Succession on the rise...
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jacobite wrote 1 year ago: Several papers report today that Tracy Anne McVeigh will not allow her son Matthew to swear the Scou … more →
Can Sinn Féin save Europe?
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jacobite wrote 1 year ago: Sinn Féin, as the main promoter of the ‘No’ vote in the Irish referendum on the Lisbon T … more →
Cunning rogues in the Scottish Parliament
jacobite wrote 1 year ago: Wendy Alexander’s sudden change of heart on the issue of a referendum on Scottish independence … more →
Male Primogeniture and the Act of Succession
jacobite wrote 1 year ago: Two issues related to the royal succession have surfaced in the media recently – first, the ab … more →
Time for Tories to unite against the Union
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jacobite wrote 2 years ago: The suggestion of Murdo Fraser, the Deputy Leader of the Scottish Tories, that the United Kingdom sh … more →
William Sancroft and Toleration
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jacobite wrote 2 years ago: I fear that I may have been unfair to William Sancroft in my last post regarding his position on t … more →
