The Brexit referendum and the British constitution
It is not just the country’s politics which are a mess; so is the structure they rest on
AT SOME POINT in June or July roughly 124,000 people in Britain can expect to receive a ballot paper in the post. It will offer them the names of two Conservative MPs. The one they select will, shortly thereafter, enter 10 Downing Street as prime minister. The rest of Britain’s 66m inhabitants will have no say whatsoever.
This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline “The referendums and the damage done”
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