Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Why Westminster’s new backbench MPs may unlock progress on climate change

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Mitya Pearson, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, University of Warwick

As far as the UK government is concerned, its backbenchers are “the most important Members in the House [of Commons]”. This simple insight, from a classic 1976 article by the political scientist Anthony King, could not have been demonstrated more clearly during the previous 14 years of Conservative rule.

While protests from opposition MPs were generally ignored, policy questions from housing…

Lire l'article complet