Today’s parallel with feudal 1215 is the absolute dominance of a “collective monarchy”, combining the power not merely of the Westminster state but also of the corporate and financial institutions and their elites.
Last week saw the launch of the Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee’s The UK Constitution – a pocket-sized, written constitution for the UK. Here's what you can do.
A leading US constitutional lawyer and political scientist asks if the UK is moving towards federalism, making the need for a written constitution imperative. If so, how to decide on a written constitution?
Unitary state, devolution, federalism or confederation? Andrew Blick discusses four options for configuring the UK.
The winning introductory preamble for a written constitution from the competition hosted by the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee.
Labour is promising British voters a muddled, demoralising way forward for democratic reform despite its leader knowing better, here is the solution.
openDemocracy's founder explains why Britain must go for a fully written constitution, and why a constitutional convention is necessary to achieve that.
We are now clearly in the middle of a "constitutional moment" and those who want a new settlement for the country are beginning to stir and take action. How can you get involved, and what's coming up?
In 2010, the UK’s underspecified caretaker conventions caused the “Squatter in Downing Street” controversy, when Gordon Brown remained in office after Labour’s election defeat, and the country still lacks adequate rules to govern caretaker situations.
What influence does Magna Carta, signed 800 years ago at Runnymede by King John, continue to have over UK democracy and governance? A lot.
We must grasp this moment to not simply codify the "constitution" we already have, but to make sensible and principled reforms - the system is buckling.
It's time to remake the British state.
