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One of the beauties of having an unwritten constitution and instead an approach that vests the constitution in a Parliament, as we do here in the UK, is that no
by neilwilson 6y ago
One of the beauties of having an unwritten constitution and instead an approach that vests the constitution in a Parliament, as we do here in the UK, is that nothing ever ossifies.
The constitution is a living breathing thing that evolves as the Parliament evolves. Of course that conversation has been particularly intense over the last few months as the UK removes itself from the EU. But it is working - if a little messy.
Which shows that an Anglo-Saxon oral constitution still works has it has done for a thousand years.
- DanBC 6y ago> One of the beauties of having an unwritten constitution and instead an approach that vests the constitution in a Parliament, as we do here in the UK, is that nothing ever ossifies. Yes, but it's a bit scary at the moment.
- jacobush 6y agoTranslation to American: I'm scared shitless right now tho
- andylynch 6y agoUnfortunately as the current situation w.r.t the Good Friday and Withdrawal Agreements highlights, this is still limited by the respect of parties for the rule of law, domestic or otherwise. Our Attorney General & govt. should know better their acts suggest otherwise.
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- graeme 6y agoMy theory on the Brexit trouble as a Canadian is that David Cameron screwed up this system by trying to emulate other systems: he made fixed elections dates and used a referendum. Both broke parliamentary tradition. Normally, if a govt loses on a matter of confidence, there would be an election. Instead Teresa May’s zombie govt lost and lost and lost and still kept going. Meanwhile the parliament was beholden to a referendum result, which has no precedent in British tradition. Further, it was nonsensical to hold a referendum to do something you do not want to do. Normally the way referenda are used elsewhere is to test popular support for a policy the govt actually wants to do.