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It’s time for a Constitutional Convention

By Tim Miller | Wed 29th June 2016 - 1:15 pm

We are now facing the reality of life outside the EU and with it the prospect of a new United Kingdom. With the result of the referendum so close it is essential that the path we move forward on as a country is determined by a wide range of views: those who voted in and those who voted out; the young and the old; people from the left, the right and centre; voices from all parts of the United Kingdom.

We have a chance to take this huge, albeit unwanted, change in our relationship with the world and turn it into …

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Posted in Op-eds | Tagged constitution, democracy and eu referendum | 6 Comments

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