Repairing British Politics - A Blueprint for Constitutional Change

The 1st edition of this seminal text was written as a response to the constitutional crisis of 2009, sparked by the ''expenses scandal'', which led a general distrust of our entire political order.

A decade on, it is no exaggeration to say that the situation has dramatically deteriorated. The UK-s constitutional order faces an existential crisis, with Brexit placing unbearable pressure on the political and legal architecture. All this makes the need for a written Constitution more pronounced. Retaining the easily accessible style of the first edition, this book addresses how this might be put in place.

Part 1 sets out a number of arguments in favour of a written Constitution, as well as the most common objections. Part 2 presents a working draft in the form of one possible model for a Constitution. Observations and explanatory notes are attached to each section of this draft Constitution. This model Constitution is intended as the first stage in a public debate