On the day after Barack Obama’s election, I thought you might be interested in what Walter Bagehot said about the presidential form of government, in his famous 19th century work, The English Constitution:

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I’m not a day late with this post; and yes, I do realise what happened last night. I’m pretty confident Obama will be inaugurated as 44th president on January 20.

Constitutionally, though, he’s not even been elected yet because […]

The Commons votes today on the third reading of the Employment Bill, the main interest in which is what’s now clause 19, which amends section 174 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 in order to […]