Call for ‘New Magna Carta’

The Commons Political Reform Committee think that the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta next year is the right time for a fresh debate on the pros and cons of a written constitution. According to the MPs, the UK was currently governed by a “sprawling mass” of laws, treaty obligations and unwritten conventions.
The idea of a written constitution was one of three possible options that could form the basis of a “new settlement.”
Magna Carta sealed in 1215 has enshrined basic freedoms and limited monarchical power. Unfortunately it did not foresee the uprising of the European Union, which, unlike our monarchy, seeks total control over our laws, culture and freedoms that were intended to be preserved by the British Parliament.
A written constitution is of no use if the law used for the interpretation of such a constitution has been given over to a foreign entity like the EU.