Constitutional renewal is central to Gordon Brown’s vision for the future of Britain. It was the subject of his first speech to parliament as prime minister, and his government’s first major publication, The Governance of Britain.
The difficulty facing the government is how to give legislative effect to Brown’s plans for constitutional renewal in ways that resonate with ordinary people. The big ticket items — Lords reform, a British Bill of Rights, possibly e…
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