Donald Trump launches extraordinary attack on Pope Leo calling him ‘weak’ and ‘terrible’ In unprecedented attack on the leader of the Catholic church, president says the US-born pope is ‘not doing a very good job’ and is ‘a very liberal person’

Thank God for one US leader who is an inspiration to us all, irrespective of faith www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

The Constitution in Review – Volume 2 Issue 3 - The Constitution Society The UKCMG analyses developments in the UK constitution and assesses them against constitutional principles. This is their 9th report.

Pleased to have had a small part in this consoc.org.uk/publications...

This is spot-on

How will the 2026 Senedd election change Welsh politics?

On 5 March, join @jessblair.bsky.social, @lauramcallister30.bsky.social and @paulsilk.bsky.social to discuss recent and possible future reforms to the Senedd.

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Very sorry to hear of Jim Wallace's death. Passionate devolutionist and always a delight to deal with. As Douglas Alexander said, a man who gave politics a good name

The Commissions chaired by me in 2014, by Lord Thomas in 2018 and by Laura McAllister and Rowan Williams in 2024 all recommended the devolution of policing to Wales. Police reform should be an opportunity to give Welsh Government policing responsibility. What is the case against?

When I was Clerk of the then National Assembly, we hosted members of the US Congress - from both parties - who had come to thank Wales for its support in the Second Gulf War. The delegation's next stop was Denmark

An interesting post. There is an equal need for a shift away from an executive-led agenda in Cardiff and London

Gareth Evans: The Devolution of the Crown Estate in Wales ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/09/04/g...

A sad week for @studyofparl.bsky.social with the death of two distinguished members who were also both kind and principled - Sir Roger Sands, former Clerk of the House of Commons and Professor Michael Rush of Exeter University. We will miss them greatly

Nigel Farage yesterday asked Laura Anne Jones if the Senedd works. It would be really interesting to hear Reform's ideas about Senedd reform well in advance of next year's election

The Afghan super-injunction case: Some constitutional implications Following a catastrophic administrative errors placing the lives of thousands of Afghans at risk, the UK government obtained a super-injunction, enabling it to attempt to clear up the mess it had c…

New blogpost: The Afghan super-injunction case: Some constitutional implications publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/07/17/t...

Kathryn's Three Peaks Challenge to support Calan DVS and the Montgomeryshire Family Crisis Centre Help Kathryn Silk raise money to support Calan DVS

Great admiration for my wife's (a) fitness (b) commitment to support those who suffer domestic abuse. Please support her.
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This article is well worth reading for the long quotation from the former professor of Mediterranean archaeology at Cardiff on what a university should be

Fiction turns into fact....

Universities are scared of Trump. Princeton spoke out — and others should join us. But as Princeton stands up first, it can invite others to stand with it. Through coordinated action and litigation, universities can show that they will never again fight the Trump administration’s at...

As a Princeton alumnus, I was very pleased to see this www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025...

New leading textbook on parliament published The Constitution Unit’s Meg Russell and Ruxandra Serban, alongside various fellows and honorary staff, are among the 73 contributors to the second edition of Exploring Parliament.

Meg Russell, @ruxandrasrbn.bsky.social and various Constitution Unit fellows and honorary staff are among the 73 contributors to a new textbook on parliament.

Exploring Parliament is edited by @estrangeirada.bsky.social, @ameakin.bsky.social and @louisevthompson.bsky.social.

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Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas: Wales’s Political Nonconformist Showcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre.

I hadn't read Laura's excellent blog about Dafydd El until today. His funeral tomorrow in Llandaf will be a chance to celebrate an extraordinary contribution to Wales and politics. I first worked with him almost 50 years ago. How much he will be missed
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'Biggest building boom' in a generation through planning reforms Homes and key infrastructure will be built faster under Planning and Infrastructure Bill

I am very interested in the extent to which the Planning and Infrastructure Bill may remove powers from the Senedd and Welsh Ministers - if it does, or if it does without requiring their consent. I hope someone will enlighten us!
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This should be interesting

Excellent blog. Making pious declarations and making good legislation are two very different things

Breaching the 0.7% international aid target: a case study in legislative failure The Prime Minister’s plan to cut international aid breaches the Government’s legal duty to meet the 0.7% spending target, raising constitutional concerns. Should an Act allow for premeditated…

Our new blogpost explains why the reduction breaches a legal duty and how this breach reveals a deeper legislative failure.🔽
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It isn't easy to say what has been most repugnant recently, but Vance and Trump's verbal assault on a polite and brave man speaking his third language was a disgrace

The Brecon and Radnorshire recall petition process: personal reflections by Sir Paul Silk As an elector in Brecon and Radnorshire, Hansard Society Trustee Sir Paul Silk sets out 12 shortcomings he observed in the recall petition process that led on 21 June to the triggering of a parliament...

A critique by our @hansardsociety.bsky.social
trustee @paulsilk.bsky.social about his experience as a petitioner in the Brecon and Radnor constituency in 2019 explored some of these admin/procedural flaws in the process. 10/
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Well done Germany.

(Turnout in the 2024 UK General Election was less than 60%. Which isn't great.)

Most Constitutions allow the postponement of elections in times of national emergency, and President Trump himself suggested that the USA elections in 2020 might be postponed until people could "properly, securely and safely" vote (albeit that this is difficult under the US Constitution)

Visiting the Capitoline Museums and seeing the bronze cast of the Lex de Imperio Vespasiani, couldn't help thinking that executive orders are nothing new

Very sorry to hear of the death of Dafydd Elis Thomas. He was certainly mercurial, but he was an enormous figure in the development of the Welsh constitution. I liked him a lot. RIP

As Porfirio Díaz so perceptively said, "poor Mexico: so far from God, so close to the USA"

It is profoundly depressing that a Russell Group university is contemplating the ending of research and teaching in the core humanities