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# Not so fast, Brown holds back
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/not-so-fast-brown-holds-back/
- Published: 2007-05-11T16:05:31.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:36:06.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:23

**Matthew d'Ancona (London,** [**The Spectator**](http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/?ref=opendemocracy.net)**):** Asked this morning if he favoured a "written constitution", Brown replied that he wanted a "better constitution". But he was more explicit about rolling back the Crown prerogative, giving Parliament the right of veto over declarations of war, some parliamentary oversight of Government appointments and - it seemed - a Bill of Rights and Responsibilities. How does it all add up? Not sure yet - but I have hunch that his repeated promise of a "ministry of all the talents" is not simply an olive branch to bereaved Blairites but also a come hither to other parties. Stand by for a serious constitutional convention - and perhaps much more besides. The Spectator will be there.