Should the UK have a written constitution?

... 03/05/07 Tim Gloster Should the UK have a written constitution? This question has been asked many times in the past few decades to many different governments. During the 18 years of Conservative rule up to 1997 changing the un-written constitution to a written one was hardly discussed, the Conservatives are not in favour of it at all. Conservative Prime Ministers like Margaret Thatcher took the view, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." However since 1997, when Labour came to power, there have been several constitutional changes, such as devolution, and there are calls to have a written constitution from many in the Labour government. There are several arguments for having a written constitution, not least that the UK is the only country in the world not to have its constitution written and codified. With a written constitution everyone knows exactly what a government can and cannot do and would stop the government

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