[agere_contra]

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 :-)

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.

[bert]

the tyranny of case law has destroyed our country

[mewzilla]

Our Constitution, which includes the Bill of Rights, is there to limit our government, to protect us from it. Seems like the UK would benefit from something like that.