Yesterday this newspaper published a YouGov survey showing that support for Labour is at its lowest level for 65 years; even Michael Foot did better. As Prof Anthony King commented, it looks as if the Government and the electorate are heading for a bitter divorce at the general election. But the significance of the poll [...]

Republicanism in this country is the aloofness of the Supreme Court from the political departments and its superior respectability compared to the accommodating availability of the President of the Philippines and Congress to the importunate electorate and their dependence on its capricious goodwill.
I had a colleague on the Court who during the more than eight [...]

In a matter of months,the economic partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe will be signed in Barbados.
While the formal treaty arrangement may come into being against a background of demonstrations, in part orchestrated by bodies from outside the region, there is no political appetite in the region to reject what has been agreed.
This means that the [...]

The California Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage will not be the last word.
California voters will almost certainly hold a referendum on a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in November, and for the first time anywhere in the U.S., the vote will have a direct and immediate effect on gay couples waiting to tie the [...]

A closed-door workshop at Labours annual congress raised the idea of distributing pamphlets on KiwiSaver, produced by Inland Revenue, and on Working for Families, produced by Work and Income.
Delegates were advised to tell voters when handing out the pamphlets that National had voted against both measures.
Williams, who led the session, reportedly endorsed the plan. But [...]