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Dr James Strong
@dr_james_strong
Director of Education and Senior Lecturer in British Politics and Foreign Policy @QMPoliticsIR | @ParliamentAtWar
Jan 12 • 20 tweets • 3 min read
Can Rishi Sunak order military action in Yemen without parliamentary approval?

Quick thread (I've got loads of marking and the baby's not sleeping): Short answer: Yes.

Military action is a royal prerogative power, exercised by the King on the advice of the PM.
Feb 11, 2021 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
Now online @MileEndInst: the first of two blog posts summarising the key findings of my new @HansardSociety Parliamentary Affairs article, which asks "Did Theresa May kill the war powers convention?":

qmul.ac.uk/mei/news-and-o… In the article (doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsa…), I ask how Prime Minister May was able to take military action in Syria in 2018 without prior parliamentary approval.