Bang to rights: How to fix the British constitution

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🗓️ 29 November 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Our unwritten constitution relies on our politicians acting in good faith. But with recent political crises leaving it creaking at the hinges, do we still benefit from its flexibility? Andrew Blick, co-author of The Bonfire of the Decencies: Repairing and Restoring the British Constitution, talks to Alex Andreou about how to fix the rules that rule us. “Our flexible constitution can adjust in times of public emergency.” “The ‘good chap’ phrase is as outdated as the theory.” “Our constitution isn’t codified, but there are more checks and balances.” “We have lost faith in politicians behaving themselves.” Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Alex Andreou. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Producers: Alex Rees, Jet Gerbertson. Assistant producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Audio production by Jade Bailey Group editor: Andrew Harrison. Music: Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:12.2	The British Constitution according to Glatston. Bunker Daily I am your host, Alex Andro.
1:12.8	The British Constitution, according to Glaston, presumes more baldly than any other the good sense
1:19.7	and the good faith of those who work it. This is effectively an early encapsulation of the
1:25.0	good chap theory of government, made most widely known by historian Peter Hennessy.
1:29.9	Glatstone's contemporary historian John Dahlberg Acton would disagree.
1:34.6	Great men are almost always bad men, he wrote in a letter.
1:39.8	Boris Johnson was the quintessential example of a bad man testing the good chap theory.
1:46.4	It exposed the weak spots, the rickety relationships, the creaking hinges in our constitutional
1:51.4	setup.
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