What exactly is a people's constitutional convention and does Labour's proposal meet those criteria?
Cameron is right to commemorate one of the foundation stones of modern liberty, but he cannot at the same time continue to undermine it.
Do we need to enact a new Magna Carta?
Today is Magna Carta Day. The great charter was sealed on 15 June 799 years ago. As preparations begin for the 800th anniversary the people of England need to claim their rights and liberties not be subject to a self-congratulatory celebration.
Historian Linda Colley rejects the idea that British disintegration is inevitable but says a new constitutional settlement is needed to bind the nations and people of the United Kingdom together, and to help clarify its relationship with Europe. The English, she argues, would benefit from having a
On Magna Carta day, 798 years after the Magna Carta was signed by King John, what is there to celebrate?
