UK Case Studies

What does the 2025 rebellion over welfare reform reveal about government control of Parliament?

Issue 9, 08 May 25: Do the 2025 local elections mark the beginning of the end for the UK's two party system? ​

Issue 8, 29 Apr 25: Why did the UK supreme court overturn the Scottish Government’s definition of “sex”?

Issue 7, 31 Mar 25: Did the Prime Minister's criticisms of the Upper Tribunal undermine judicial independence?

​Issue 6, 25 Feb 25: What does the approval of a third runway at Heathrow tell us about cabinet government?

Issue 5, 04 Feb 25: What does the application of the new Ministerial Code tell us about Individual Ministerial Responsibility?

Issue 4, 07 Jan 25: Is the UK more likely to align or diverge from EU regulations under Labour?

Issue 3, 28 Nov 24: What can we learn from Labour's first budget for 14 years?

Issue 2, 07 Oct 24: 2024 General Election Guide 1 - Electoral Systems

Issue 2, 07 Oct 24: 2024 General Election Guide 2 - Party Systems

Is​sue 1, 12 Sep 24: 2024 General Election Guide 1 - Democracy and Participation (Turnout)

Is​sue 1, 12 Sep 24: 2024 General Election Guide 2 - Voting Behaviour and the Media

Issue 10, 18 Jun 24: Key terms for understanding the role of EU law in a post-Brexit UK

Issue 9, 11 Jun 24: - How did the Elections Act (2022) impact the 2024 PCC and Mayoral elections?

Issue 9, 11 Jun 24: - Should Public Bill Committees reflect the balance of opinion in the Commons?

Issue 8, 03 May 24: Did the passage of the Rwanda Act signal a new level of supremacy for the Commons?

Issue 7, 22 Apr 24: Why did SNP MPs refuse to participate in their own opposition day debate?

Issue 6, 05 Mar 24: Has the UK Government ended Northern Ireland’s ‘dynamic alignment’ with EU law?

Issue 5, 31 Jan 24: Have air and naval strikes on Yemen undermined the war powers convention?

Issue 4, 14 Dec 23: Why has the UK Government's Rwanda policy been found to be unlawful?

Issue 3, 21 Nov 23: Why have new EU laws taken effect in Northern Ireland?

Issue 2, 24 Oct 23: Is the 'supremacy' of retained EU law coming to an end?

Issue 1, 19 Sep 23: ​Has the UK Government "sabotaged" Scotland's planned Deposit Return Scheme?

Issue 10, 03 Jul 23: Has 'partygate' shown the advantages or disadvantages of our political constitution?

Issue 9, 25 May 23: How much impact did the House of Lords have on the Public Order Act (2023)?

Issue 8, 28 Apr 23: Has one of the UK’s biggest 'insider' pressure groups become an 'outsider'?

Issue 7, 31 Mar 23: What impact does the Windsor Framework have on Parliamentary sovereignty?

Issue 6, 16 Feb 23: Should ‘intrusive viewing’ be considered a ‘tort of nuisance’ under the common law?

Issue 5, 31 Jan 23: Does the UK Government have the power to block Scotland's Gender Recognition Bill?

Issue 4, 09 Dec 22: Does Scotland have the power to hold a second independence referendum?

Issue 3, 21 Nov 22: Prime Minister Case Study: Liz Truss (6th September - 25th October 2022)

Issue 3, 21 Nov 22: A brief timeline of Truss's premiership

Issue 1, 22 Sep 22: ​Who should pick party leaders - MPs, members or the wider public?

Pre-chewed Explains - Bonds and Gilts

Pre-chewed Explains - Exchange Rates

Pre-chewed Explains - Inflation

Pre-chewed Explains - The 2022 Mini-Budget

Pre-chewed Explains - The Bank of England

Issue 10, 04 Jul 22: Does the UK need a new Bill of Rights to ‘take back control’ of human rights law?

Issue 9, 27 May 22: What do the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly elections mean for the UK constitution?

Issue 8, 28 Apr 22: Should MPs have a say in the timing of elections?

Issue 7, 24 Mar 22: Is constitutional reform needed to restore the Northern Ireland Executive?

Issue 6, 28 Feb 22: Are MPs becoming more resistant to the whips' 'dark arts'?

Issue 5, 28 Jan 22: Was Cabinet in control of COVID-19 policy over Christmas?

Issue 4, 15 Dec 21: Is rebalancing the power between Parliament and the executive now "a matter of urgency"?

Issue 3, 24 Nov 21: Is it time to ask the West-Lothian Question again?

Issue 2, 20 Oct 21: Why did the UK Supreme Court rule that the UNCRC Bill had to be reconsidered?

Issue 1, 21 Sept 21: Is the Conservative Party still the party of "free enterprise, the private sector, and low taxation"?

Issue 11, 14 Jul 21: Does the Ministerial Code need a substantial overhaul?

Issue 10, 30 Jun 21: Should hereditary peer by-elections be reformed or abolished?

Issue 9, 27 May 21: Were the May 2021 elections further evidence of a 'Great Realignment'?

Issue 8, 26 Apr 21: Should Cabinet Ministers in the House of Lords answer to the Commons?

Issue 7, 19 Mar 21: Should judges show deference to ministers on national security issues?

Issue 6, 26 Feb 21: Should the Government or the parliamentary majority control the agenda in the Commons?

Issue 5, 22 Jan 21: Is the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act sufficient for a post-Brexit UK?

Issue 4, 15 Dec 20: Have procedural reforms impacted the relationship between Parliament and the Executive?

Issue 3, 27 Nov 20: Should constraints be placed on the Prime Minister's power to appoint to the Lords?

Issue 2, 27 Oct 20: Have MPs had too little oversight of coronavirus regulations?

Issue 1, 21 Sept 20: Who is responsible for the 2020 A-Level grading controversy?