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  • Sovereignty, supremacy and all that

    Carl Gardner
    March 11, 2008

    My heart is sinking as David Miliband opens the third reading debate on the EU (Amendment) Bill. Yet again all the same old arguments are going to be thrashed out, no doubt at great length, and repetitively. It’s all important, […]

    Tags: constitution, EU (Amendment) Bill, eu law, eu reform treaty, parliamentary sovereignty
  • Pannick on DNA

    Carl Gardner
    March 11, 2008

    Wow! I actually agree again with David Pannick in his Times column today. And not just on DNA and the UK’s defence in S and Marper case. I also think his comments on […]

    Tags: dna, human rights, UK Supreme Court
  • Goldsmith on citizenship

    Carl Gardner
    March 11, 2008

    I can’t not mention my old boss Lord Goldsmith’s report on citizenship, which has attracted a lot of attention because of its suggestion that teenagers might swear allegiance to Queen and country. I have to say if this had […]

    Tags: bill of rights and responsibilities, citizenship, lord goldsmith
  • Alcopops and excise duty: what’s going on?

    Carl Gardner
    March 11, 2008

    Iain Dale’s famous blog linked the other day to a post at the EU Referendum blog, which suggests EU law may prevent the UK from imposing a higher rate of duty on alcopops, and casts doubt on Tory […]

    Tags: eu law
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