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Published on: 29 January 2015

Written by: Petra Schleiter All articles by Petra Schleiter

In 2010, the UK’s underspecified caretaker conventions caused the “Squatter in Downing Street” controversy, when...

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Published on: 23 January 2015

Written by: Andrew Blick All articles by Andrew Blick

What influence does Magna Carta, signed 800 years ago at Runnymede by King John, continue to have over UK democracy...

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Published on: 15 January 2015

Written by: Richard Gordon All articles by Richard Gordon

We must grasp this moment to not simply codify the "constitution" we already have, but to make sensible and...

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Published on: 13 January 2015

Written by: Dan Hind All articles by Dan Hind

It's time to remake the British state.

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Published on: 6 January 2015

Written by: Anthony Barnett All articles by Anthony Barnett

A Commons Select Committee has called for members of the British public to send them a model Preamble for a new UK...

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Published on: 10 December 2014

Written by: Graham Allen All articles by Graham Allen

The 800th anniversary of Magna Carta is an opportunity for reform that we must all seize.

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Published on: 19 September 2014

Written by: Stuart White All articles by Stuart White

What exactly is a people's constitutional convention and does Labour's proposal meet those criteria?

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Published on: 10 July 2014

Written by: Graham Allen All articles by Graham Allen

Do we need to enact a new Magna Carta?

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