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Next up at #MEIConstitution: Sionaidh Douglas-Scott makes the case for a codified constitution. "Brexit has revealed that our longstanding, venerated constitution is not working well".
Sionaidh Douglas-Scott: "Whatever the problems with writing down or redrafting our constitution - and they are considerable - we cannot avoid it". Three key issues that need addressing: parliamentary sovereignty, human rights and devolution. #MEIConstitution
"There is a dark side to parliamentary sovereignty", says Sionaidh Douglas-Scott: unless human rights are entrenched in law, as they are within the EU, a majority of one in Parliament can repeal major protections for human rights. #MEIConstitution
