Just on constitutional reform, which continues to be a big interest for you: looking back at the sweep of New Labour in office under Blair and now Brown, hasn't it been a big failure really on what Roy Jenkins called «breaking the mould» issues: Lib - Labbery, elected second chamber - you must be disappointed with that record.
Not exact matches
It looks instead like the government will use the
constitutional reform and governance bill to pave the way for a referendum within two years of the next election, ie in the next parliament, but
just on the alternative vote (AV)-- a system that allows preferences but isn't proportional.
Back in the Commons political and
constitutional reform committee, Nick Clegg has
just given a new slant
on the Lib Dems» decision not to support the proposed parliamentary boundary changes.
The Political and
Constitutional Reform Committee, which I chair, has
just concluded an inquiry into whether there needs to be more clarity about the Prime Minister's role and powers, and whether the checks and balances
on those powers are sufficient.
While the Conservatives try to steal their green clothes, Gordon Brown is attempting to nick their ideas
on constitutional reform and
just about everything else.
Davis told delegates she accepts there is «
Constitutional reform fatigue» in the community and much concern that recognition will be «
just a commemorative plaque» rather than substantive, structural
reform that changes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples» lives
on the ground.