Britain's future: Labour candidates respond | openDemocracy - 0 views
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Britain’s future: Labour candidates’s view
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tony curzon price on 10 Jun 07Anthony - nice to see this was picked up by the observer - see: http://politics.guardian.co.uk/constitution/story/0,,2099735,00.html
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Anthony Barnett on 10 Jun 07Yes, they wanted exclusive first right and I gave it them. What you can see in the paper edition but not on the web, it that they put the story at the top of the page on the right hand column. Positioning is much more than half the story in a newspaper. Its layout tells people what to read. Is it the same onthe web?
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I am agnostic on the need for a written constitution, because of the power it hands to the judges.
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so I let's have a national debate.
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"let's have a national debate" ... this seems to be a today-program, motherhood-apple-pie mantra. what is this national debate? where is it to be had? on radio4?
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see Cruddas below - getting a bit more specific on what a "national debate" might mean
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Benn's remark is rhetoric. Harmann above has thought about the need for mechanisms for ensuring public respect. The issue is a defining one. A wonderful constitution produced from Brown's inside pocket will be scorned as the gimmick of a 'Scot'. A less well worded one that emerges from a South African style process which people feel they 'own' could initiate a democratic process. What matters is not that it is written but how it is written!
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