Description: The moment of Brexit (2016-20) singularly challenged the UK's unwritten constitution. Some blamed Theresa May and Boris Johnson for implementing the referendum result. Others - including Austen Morgan, a barrister and writer - criticize parliament and the supreme court more fairly. Pretence: Why The UK Needs A Written Constitution takes up the idea in the 2019 conservative manifesto, and shows how a reforming government could begin to codify the rules by which the state runs, in place of the Gilbert and Sullivan flummery which dignifies the reality of political power.
Review Quotes: powerfully argues...address(es) the wisdom and folly of turning our democracy into a modern, written constitution"--Summer Law Book Selection "The Times (UK)"