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8 - 05 - 2007

Anthony Barnett (London, OK): With perfect timing the Smith Institute has released "Towards a new Constitutional Settlement" a book of essays edited by Chris Bryant, Labour MP for Rhondda. It includes arguments for a written constitution as well as an attempt by Vernon Bogdanor's students in Oxford to codify our existing constitution, a welcome demystification. The Smith Institute, named after John Smith, is a "Brownite" think-tank. It seems to have conviently provided some substance to the need for overall reform. A cross-party meeting is being held tomorrow morning to launch the monograph. I'll report from the event.

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British Scots debate how to kill English nationalis (not verified) said:

Sun, 2007-11-11 14:51

[...] Posted on 11 November 07, 2:49 pm by ourkingdom Anthony Barnett (London, OK): I have been trying to find the link to Saturday evening’s ‘Straight Talk’ [...]

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Barnett formula ending in tears « OurKingdom] (not verified) said:

Mon, 2007-07-09 18:38

[...] paper forms part of a booklet Towards a New Constitutional [...]

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If not the bad old days, then what? « OurKing (not verified) said:

Tue, 2007-07-10 14:39

[...] July 10, 2007 at 12:13 pm | In Brown's reforms, Written Constitution | Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Few understand better the passing of the old, informal constitution and its virtues than Roger [...]

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Barnett on the ropes? « Gavin Yates (not verified) said:

Tue, 2007-07-10 18:55

[...] a new formula is needed that is based upon need rather than population.The paper forms part of a booklet Towards a New Constitutional [...]

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[...] July 13, 2007 at 4:24 pm | In Brown's reforms, OurKingdom | Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Partnering with ippr, we have started some OurKingdom conversations in their Covent Garden office [...]

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Iain MacLaren (not verified) said:

Wed, 2007-05-09 06:31

Iain MacLaren (Galway):Why a "settlement" ? There are echoes here of Lord Robertson's nonsense about the Scottish Parliament 'killing nationalism stone dead." Constitutional arrangements should evolve with time, as indeed they do in practice. The difficulty with Brownites is that they want an arrangment that perpetually binds Scotland to the United Kingdom and despite their "think tanks" are insufficiently courageous or imaginative to see beyond that which fits their career trajectory.

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