Met with fury for its law-breaking clauses, the IMB’s implications for the devolution settlement are equally alarming

The new UK internal market document shows the approach: impose restrictions on the devolved nations with little regard for, or understanding of, the consequences

The two sides must find a compromise or risk a collapse in talks

The health of the people requires good law

We will remain bound by EU rules for the duration of the crisis and beyond. What assistance measures will the commission permit?

Johnson’s administration plans to rewrite EU subsidy rules but its proposals are a muddle

Johnson’s prorogation was struck down as incompatible with the realities of our modern democratic life


The UK may dislike such provisions but it could find itself unable to avoid them

These constitutional realities will determine whether Johnson survives as PM

To find a satisfactory answer we must bury deep into the Conservative Party’s constitution