made no attempt a complete reform for
instance a creation of a codified constitution
Labour party aims in making
constitutional change
To increase it electability
to maintain the position of the progressive party
political context to the
change
Solve problems
in North Ireland
Growing EU intergation
Scotland independent
resons for the Labour to
make constitonal change
Labour had a traditional of constitutional reform
High priority
left leaning pressure groups
Opposition to thatcher
Liberal democrats
three examples of
constitutional change
Devolution of Scotland 1999,
Wales 1999 and Northern Ireland
Different
electoral system
PR
Creation of the Greater
London Authority
The view of Blairs
constitutional changes
The supporters unprecedented
critics did not
go far enough
scottish nationalists not
fully satisfied
house of lords reform
not fully completed
human rights to not go as far as in some
country like USA
Brown constitutional changes
proposed in 2007
reduce voting age to16
election on weekends
national
security council
new bill of right's
demonstrations
near parliament
some hints to codified constitution
the legacy Labour left in 2010
Under Blair there was a thrust to have
constitutional reform up in till 2001
Under brown there was a lot of proposed constitutional
reform but the economic crises stalled most of the
reforms becasue the government was mainly concerted
with the economy.