A Federation or League of the Isles?
The United Kingdom (UK) is governed as a unitary state comprising England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, all of which are intrinsically linked culturally and historically in modern times...
View ArticlePreparing the ground for constitutional reform
The below article includes Martin’s Shipton’s preface to “Towards Federalism and Beyond” There are those who would have us believe that the discussion of constitutional questions represents little more...
View ArticleBrexit, Wales Act 2017 and the Changing Union
Opening, Lord Elystan Morgan states: ‘Despite the devolution of the last two decades, the UK today remains one of the most concentrated systems of parliamentary government in the democratic world....
View ArticleA Union for the 21st Century?
In September 2017, the booklet Towards Federalism and Beyond was launched by Lord David Owen, Gwynoro Jones, Lord Elystan Morgan and me. It was released to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the...
View ArticleConfederal Federalism: A League-Union of the Isles (part one)
Since 1999 there have been two broad phases of devolution in Wales: Executive devolution with secondary law-making powers (1999-2007) and enhanced secondary powers (2007-2011) Legislative devolution...
View ArticleConfederal Federalism: A League-Union of the Isles (part two)
What might such a governance model look like in the context of today’s UK? A League or Union of the Isles could be established as a confederation of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales with...
View ArticleThese Isles: Mapping the Union
This is part one of the series. The full essay is available to read here. In his book Facing the Ocean: The Atlantic and its Peoples, Barry Cunliffe (Oxford University Press 2001) references French...
View ArticleThese Isles: Navigating Fiscal Decentralisation
This is part three of the series. The full essay is available to read here. The risk of reframing the UK as a League or Union of the Isles is not so much that an influential and powerful English...
View ArticleThese Isles: Charting a Constitution
This is part four of the series. The full essay is available to read here. A new constitutional framework promoting multicultural Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish and English identities within an...
View ArticleA Constitutional Convention to discuss future arrangements for the UK
The extent of disunity within today’s United Kingdom is particularly highlighted by the differentiated politics across the four nations, vigorous debates regarding the EU leaving negotiations, recent...
View ArticleA Federation or League of the Isles?
The United Kingdom (UK) is governed as a unitary state comprising England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, all of which are intrinsically linked culturally and historically in modern times...
View ArticlePreparing the ground for constitutional reform
The below article includes Martin’s Shipton’s preface to “Towards Federalism and Beyond” There are those who would have us believe that the discussion of constitutional questions represents little more...
View ArticleBrexit, Wales Act 2017 and the Changing Union
Opening, Lord Elystan Morgan states: ‘Despite the devolution of the last two decades, the UK today remains one of the most concentrated systems of parliamentary government in the democratic world....
View ArticleA Union for the 21st Century?
In September 2017, the booklet Towards Federalism and Beyond was launched by Lord David Owen, Gwynoro Jones, Lord Elystan Morgan and me. It was released to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the...
View ArticleConfederal Federalism: A League-Union of the Isles (part one)
Since 1999 there have been two broad phases of devolution in Wales: Executive devolution with secondary law-making powers (1999-2007) and enhanced secondary powers (2007-2011) Legislative devolution...
View ArticleConfederal Federalism: A League-Union of the Isles (part two)
What might such a governance model look like in the context of today’s UK? A League or Union of the Isles could be established as a confederation of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales with...
View ArticleThese Isles: Mapping the Union
This is part one of the series. The full essay is available to read here. In his book Facing the Ocean: The Atlantic and its Peoples, Barry Cunliffe (Oxford University Press 2001) references French...
View ArticleThese Isles: Navigating Fiscal Decentralisation
This is part three of the series. The full essay is available to read here. The risk of reframing the UK as a League or Union of the Isles is not so much that an influential and powerful English...
View ArticleThese Isles: Charting a Constitution
This is part four of the series. The full essay is available to read here. A new constitutional framework promoting multicultural Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish and English identities within an...
View ArticleBorders Are Not the Answer to Global Challenges
In these most testing of times, we find out who we really are. Who we are as people, as communities, as nations. Everything superfluous is stripped away as we protect what we value most and discover...
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