Published 1 year ago

Labour’s constitutional radicalism is what a broken system needs

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Gordon Brown and Keir Starmer expected a lot of applause for today's announcements. But, from all progressives, they deserve it. Theirs is a package which would change Westminster for the better. The only intelligent riposte to Brown's proposal is that an elected senatorial chamber would challenge the primacy of the Commons.

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Labour’s constitutional radicalism is what a broken system needs

So, in Leeds, a pleasant surprise: there was no watering down; no nervous-nellyism. Labour’s radical plans for devolution, the cleaning up of politics and the abolition of the House of Lords have already produced the predictable wails, sniffs and head-shaking. A dank cloud of unease hangs over the Palace of Fun: conservatism in Britain stretches much more widely than the Conservative Party. I don’t suppose Gordon Brown and Keir Starmer expected …

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