As we rebuild from the wreckage, let's consider how the structures of the state have fatally limited what feels possible. Constitutional experiments in Latin America suggest a way to organise the state which can liberate society’s potential.
Glazed eyes are probably the most frequent response if you mention the need for ‘constitutional reform’ in the UK. For others, this is about important but specific, standalone issues, such as Scotland, PR or the House of Lords.
In fact, our constitutional order is fundamental to who we are, how we think and feel, and what we feel able to do.
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