It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it's got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written.
A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence.
For the first half of this century, High Court judges have been cautious to the point of timidity in expressing any criticism of governmental action; the independence of the judiciary has been of a decidedly subordinate character.
No constitution is or can be perfectly symmetrical, what it can and must be is generally accepted as both fair and usable.
We want a system that will improve consistency and steadiness in the quality of government.
The president is being denounced for not taking the kind of pre-emptive action in Afghanistan that he has been so passionately denounced for taking in Iraq. Damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.
