Sunday, 21 April 2024

Law v Politics

Law is about making promises and other commitments into binding obligations

Politics is about making promises and other commitments sound as if they are binding obligations - 'triple lock', 'enshrined in law', 'manifesto commitment', 'sign the pledge', 'mandate'.

A point that is repeatedly made by David Allen Green - here, here and here for example.

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