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# More calls for constitutional convention
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/more-calls-for-constitutional-convention/
- Published: 2007-08-17T13:08:26.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:37:07.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:23

**Jon Bright (London,** [**OK**](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/2007/07/07/browns-two-fold-strategy/?ref=opendemocracy.net)**):** [Iain Dale](http://iaindale.blogspot.com/2007/08/telegraph-column-why-should-only-scots.html?ref=opendemocracy.net) has an interesting article in the Telegraph today [calling for a constitutional convention ](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/08/17/do1704.xml&ref=opendemocracy.net)to be held on the issue of the United Kingdom, something that John Jackson, and others from Unlock Democracy, have already [argued for strongly](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/2007/08/06/where-we-go-from-here/?ref=opendemocracy.net) on these pages. How can Cameron justify calling for a referendum on the EU, says Dale, but not giving the Scots a referendum on independence, or the English a referendum on their own parliament? Brown specifically ruled out talking about the union in the green paper - could Cameron steal this issue for himself? It would seem most unlikely [given past statements ](http://conservativehome.blogs.com/torydiary/2007/04/cameron%5Fbbc%5Fand.html?ref=opendemocracy.net)but, as Dale points out, this "is not an issue that is going to disappear just because the Conservatives - and indeed the other parties - ignore it".