The UK parliament has voted on and approved so-called third parent genetic donation to help prevent inherited disease caused by genetic malfunction outside the cell nucleus of the human body. This long sought approval has been extremely controversial.

Following the Scottish Independence referendum, the conservative part of the government has also proposed its promised plan for ‘English votes for English laws’. It looks a botch and seems guaranteed to please almost no one.

This pithy piece of analysis puts it into context.

The coming coalition government will be debatably-modified as well.