Spoiler alert: there isn’t one. In the event of the incapacitation of the executive, there is no constitutional “Plan-B”. I was told that the Cabinet Manual might cover it, which is
It seems trite to write about the shattered opposition party in a second-tier country during the age of pandemics and Tiger Kings, but the Labour Party will announce Jeremy Corbyn’s successor vi
As many are aware, the braintrust of government and opposition of the United Kingdom have called a general election for December 12. Considering my role in this thing, I won’t be able to keep up
This piece in TPM, Afterthoughts On Corbyn, Labour, And Its Prospects For Winning The Next Election, was brought to my attention via the crack communications team here at LGM, as a loyal long time rea
A bit more than 48 hours ago, I posted an update on the parliamentary dysfunction of British politics and . . . it only got messier in that time. As predicted, with two bills, one seizing control of t
Yesterday afternoon, the news that an emergency cabinet meeting scheduled for 5PM (of this nascent government) and then a PM announcement in front of No. 10 for 6PM caught our attention. While prorogu
However, as several people have brought to my attention, our friend Atrios appears to have drunk vigorously from the keg of Kool-Aid fuelling Corbynism. “The group of people have made their enti
The past four to six weeks in Britain has been dominated by the Conservative Party’s succession battle to replace Theresa May as leader of the party (and, hence, Prime Minister). But you would n