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Is Andy Burnham About to Create a British Constitution? (bylinetimes.com)
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[–] -1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Sneering about the trolley problem doesn't work when don't is an option. There is no reason this has to happen, right the hell now. It's not suddenly any more necessary or feasible than it has been in decades past, and it won't stop being feasible once all these pricks are seen as archaic. You can and will do better than this. Set things in stone... then.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago* (2 children)

    Do you think the Attlee, Wilson or Blair governments were perfect, should they have not pushed through reforms because they weren't?

    Why should this governments less than perfect stance on trans rights stop them pushing for defining the role of local governments more clearly, or moving to a better voting system? Should Blair not have done devolution for Wales and Scotland, or removing most of the hereditary lords because he didn't push though total gay marriage equality?

    Insisting on waiting for perfection to do anything is a tool of those who don't want anything to change and benefit from the status quo.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    This is not a "reform." This is a foundational change. Anything done here will either be really goddamn difficult to undo - or it's missing the point of doing it.

    And obviously doing it is not necessary for any of the positive changes you can rattle off.

    So kindly take any further false dichotomies between 'we must do this specific massive change now now now' versus 'you don't want anything to change ever again,' and eat them.

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