Seems to me what Britain really needs is a formal Bill of Rights. That might take care of a lot of this. If so, feel free to crib ours :-)
“When a vote is held we all respect the result.. “
Nudge, nudge, wink, wink...
You know what Mewzilla, that is an excellent point.
Our 'unwritten' constitution (based on centuries of case-law) is vastly more healthy than the EU's ludicrous hodge podge of special pleadings.
But it would be really useful to know what's actually in our Constitution. That is a real drawback!
I guess there may be some advantages (in having a formless Constitution defined by precedence) that I'm just not seeing.
And certainly any Bill of Rights that we tried to create today would become a vehicle for leftwing polprop.
But I agree: the clarity of a written BoR and Constitution is a huge strength.