Parliament is soverign. No previous parliament can bind a future parliament. The right won’t be limited by words on a page.
We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation
Submitted 5 months ago by Pacino@lemmy.world to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/23/written-constitution-reform-uk-autocrats
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Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com 5 months ago
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 5 months ago
Unlike the US. Where its written constitution prevents trump from… eh
Having carte blanche to toxify their nation?
Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 5 months ago
America has a written constitution. Can’t see it’s helping very much.
yakko@feddit.uk 5 months ago
Without a constitution, the US would have been at least this bad since the 1970s. Probably worse, and sooner.
Pacino@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The United States has the worst constitution in the Western World.
It’s basically impossible to pass immensely popular legislation.
Because a handful of tiny empty regions have tremendous power.
mr_strange@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
I think a switch to PR would be more practical, and more effective.