Sunday, December 26, 2021

A Model Republican Constitution for Great Britain and Northern Ireland

It's time to face the truth: the UK has no constitution and desperately needs one.  A passel of norms, practices, and precedents under-girded by some laws and treaties is simply insufficient to cope with someone who only values power.  This is not to say a written and codified constitution is always sufficient for the same task, as the state of affairs in the US from 2017 to 2020 demonstrates.  However, the current US constitution is both rather outdated and overly dependent on norms, so it is not surprising that it failed to enable accountability for a rogue president.  The same person operating in the UK's legal mire would be able to do far more damage.

So, old chaps, here is the second version of:


Enjoy!

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