Adam Tomkins
Coalition, majority and then minority government. A secessionist near-miss in Scotland. Withdrawal from the European Union. A sudden change of prime minister. Suspension of home rule in Northern Ireland. Threats to national security and the murder of a member of parliament. These last three years have thrown a lot at the old British constitution. We live in a time not merely of political tumult, but of extraordinary constitutional strain. How lucky we Brits are, then, to live under a constitution that can take it.