Pretence: Why The UK Needs A Written Constitution

The moment of Brexit (2016-20) singularly challenged the UK's unwritten constitution. Some blamed Theresa May and Boris Johnson for implementing the referendum result. Others - including Austen Morgan, a barrister and writer - criticize parliament and the supreme court more fairly. Pretence: Why The UK Needs A Written Constitution takes up the idea in the 2019 conservative manifesto, and shows how a reforming government could begin to codify the rules by which the state runs, in place of th...