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Here's the real issue about British sovereignty

suffolkcoastalrepublic wrote 3 weeks ago: If it was possible to sum up Republic’s campaign for an elected head of state in one word, I t … more →

Tags: Constitutional Reform, Sovereignty, David Cameron, EU, Daniel hannan

Parliamentary sovereignty won’t protect us from the EU, because it’s already dead

David wrote 3 weeks ago: So I didn’t call it right: I thought David Cameron would at the very least call a referendum t … more →

Tags: Britain, British Parliament, conservative party, Constitutional Reform, David Cameron, EU, EU Constitution, European Union - EU, General Election

Real Change: Britain or England?3 comments

David wrote 4 months ago: Introduction: Deliberations on British-constitutional reform must factor in the national questions I … more →

Tags: England, scottish independence, National Identity, Politics, Britain, Devolution, Parliament, Sovereignty, Constitutional Reform

How to bring about constitutional reform: vote out all MPs!

David wrote 4 months ago: There’s an interesting thread on the Our Kingdom site at the moment about the best tactics for … more →

Tags: England, Politics, Parliament, Constitutional Reform, Frank Field, English Parliament, united kingdom, democracy, revolution

Speech on the Dred Scott Decision at Springfield, Illinois

lincolnscivilwar wrote 5 months ago: 1857.  This is a fascinating speech that touches upon some of the major issues of the years precedin … more →

Tags: 1857, taney, douglas, Dred Scott, Kansas-Nebraska, Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States

Constitutional reform: time for new wineskins

David wrote 5 months ago: “Nobody puts new wine in old wineskins; otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins and run t … more →

Tags: England, Politics, Federalism, federal UK, Britain, Parliament, Sovereignty, Constitutional Reform, gordon brown

"A House Divided'' Speech at Springfield, Illinois1 comment

lincolnscivilwar wrote 5 months ago: Back to 1858. June 16, 1858 The Speech, immediately succeeding, was delivered, June 16, 1858 at Spri … more →

Tags: , house divided, 1858 Campaign, Dred Scott, Kansas-Nebraska

Plato, Aristotle, Democracy, and the Quality of Political Decisions6 comments

Filip Spagnoli wrote 6 months ago: Plato (left) and Aristotle (source, Raphael’s mural in the Vatican Museum) A good decision is … more →

Tags: democracy, Equality, Plato, democracy, and rights, What is democracy?, aristocracy, Aristotle, Expert, knowledge, Philosophy

Flashback: Cameron ready for "unpopular" rule

charliemarks wrote 6 months ago: Lest you think David Cameron has become a radical constitutional reformer, what with his talk of fix … more →

Tags: Elections, Electoral Reform, Tories

Elektratig: David Wilmot on the Creation of the Wilmot Proviso

adairdellajb wrote 6 months ago: The Wilmot Proviso represented a key step toward the debate over Congressional prerogatives regardin … more →

Tags: Wilmot Proviso, Compromise of 1850, kansas-nebraska act, bleeding kansas, Webster-Ashburton Treaty

Devolution as it should (have) be(en)10 comments

David wrote 8 months ago: One of the objections that is often raised to an English Parliament is that it would add a whole new … more →

Tags: England, Politics, Federalism, federal UK, Devolution, Parliament, Sovereignty, Constitutional Reform, The English Question

Evolution of Revolutions 'Round the World'

Administrator wrote 8 months ago: Abstract: The American and French Revolutions were sparked by new ideals of freedom, equality and po … more →

Tags: American History, Political Science, Margie Dennie, Revolutions, Moderates, Radical, Conservative, Liberalism, Absolutism

Must Our Modern Liberty Be English Liberty?3 comments

David wrote 9 months ago: I’ve been thinking and reading quite a bit recently on the subject of liberty and the national … more →

Tags: England, Wales, Scotland, scottish independence, English identity, British identity, Englishness, National Identity, Politics

The Invention of Party Politics Requires a Page of Its Own5 comments

Rene Tyree wrote 9 months ago: "Soliciting a Vote" Probably drawn by John L. Magee. Source: RN: LC-USZ62-14075 Repository … more →

Tags: Antebellum America, Books, Gerald Leonard, michael holt, Party politics, Political Groups, and Constitutional Development in Jacksonian Illinois, John L. Magee, Politica Parties

The National Conversation For England supports the National Conversation for England1 comment

David wrote 10 months ago: I was somewhat surprised this morning to find that Gareth Young had posted a campaign carrying the n … more →

Tags: England, Politics, federal UK, Devolution, Parliament, Sovereignty, Constitutional Reform, Nationalism, Labour Party

“England is a nation”: now what?13 comments

David wrote 10 months ago: I was bowled over by the government’s response last Monday to the ‘England nation’ … more →

Tags: Britain, Constitutional Reform, denial of England, Devolution, downing street petition, England, England nation petition, English governance, English independence

New! The Lincoln-Douglas Debates Audiobook1 comment

Rene Tyree wrote 10 months ago: The good folks at BBC Audiobooks America have sent me a review copy of their new audiobook, The Linc … more →

Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Antebellum America, Black Republicans, kansas-nebraska act, Slavery, state sovereignty, Whigs, Audiobooks on History, Dr. Allen C. Guelzo

Political T-Shirt (2): We Are Your Government

Filip Spagnoli wrote 11 months ago: More on popular sovereignty. … more →

Tags: democracy, Political T-shirts, police, Politics, Riot, t-shirt

Devolution for England, a modest proposal3 comments

charliemarks wrote 11 months ago: Here’s my submission to Compass’s How To Live In The 21st Century project: Devolution fo … more →

Tags: Wales, Scotland, racism, England, English Parliament, Participatory Democracy, civic nationalism


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