Essays on British Constitution

Should the United Kingdom adopt a written constitution? It is popularly believed that the United Kingdom has an uncodified constitution comprising several sources. There are those who suggest it should be codified and others who support that it should not be changed and stay the...

Constitutional Conventions are non-legal but nonetheless binding rules of constitutional behaviour. The Government’s Cabinet Manual describes conventions as constitutional practices that are regarded as binding in operation but not in law. This highlights that constitutional conventions play a significant importance in the modern-day British Constitution...

Throughout the centuries the British monarchy has always been involved with the governance of the realm. Yet some would argue that due to its age it has become far too undemocratic to be included and hold a representative government. Is the British constitutional monarchy too...

On October 14th, 2019, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom delivered a speech in the British Parliament and was rated as a “farce” by Diane Abbott, the spokesperson for the British Labor Party’s internal affairs. This is also a microcosm of the Queen’s recent...

Although there have been debates around the world regarding the Nature of the UK constitution and its success and failure in the modern world, we all can see and understand that UK has a unique system of governance which is termed as uncodified constitution. Referring...

People can choose their rulers by voting for them in elections, this is a system of government which forms a democracy. Democracy is a term used to describe citizens of a country playing a pivotal part in how their country is governed by electing representatives...

Confidentiality and Ministerial Responsibility ‘In principle, any disagreements between government ministers must be kept private. In practice, it is very difficult to ensure that a united front between Cabinet ministers is presented to the public, particularly when the political issues are divisive and individual ministers...