Recent decades have seen some of the most rapid and radical constitutional reform ever witnessed in the UK (certainly since the advent of universal suffrage). These reforms have had an impact on almost every aspect of the political process and the functioning of the state. However, there has been a sense in which these reforms have lacked an overarching theme or goal. They have been conducted on an ‘ad hoc’ basis, addressing perceived weaknesses of the UK constitution one at a time, often without considering ‘unintended consequences’ on other aspects of the constitutional framework. This has left an impression that UK constitutional reform is very much a ‘work in progress’.
REFORM OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS IS THE MOST OBVIOUS EXAMPLE OF ‘UNFINISHED BUSINESS’
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