Brilliant article by Matthew Norman in today's Indie recognising the constitutional moment:
the fiddling, as shameful as it's been, is not the disease but one of its more trivial symptoms. It is to a democratic sickness that remains largely undiagnosed what a bout of violent diarrhoea can be to colonic cancer. Mask it with over-the-counter medication though you may, more serious symptoms will soon enough emerge. The longer you ignore those, the more brutal the treatment required, and the lower the chances of recovery.
Problem is his scenario depends on Cameron delivering constitutional democracy whereas the Tory leader's machine is dedicated to ruling like Tony Blair.
Matthew Norman's argument is reinforced by a powerful blog post by Henry Porter. He too calls for a codified constitution. We know what we need. The question is how do we get it?
