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Examine the case for adapting a written constitution in Britain.
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Clause 4 of the Labour Party constitution states that "by the strength of our common endeavour we achieve more than we achieve alone, so as to create for each of us the means to realise our true potential and for all of us a community in which power, wealth and opportunity are in the hands of the many, not the few. Where the rights we enjoy reflect the duties we owe. And where we live together, freely, in a spirit of solidarity, tolerance and respect". Thomas Paine in his Rights of Man (1791-2), insisted that all adult males were involved in agreeing to the contracts which established civil society and civil government. He went on to argue that the only way to secure the natural rights of all men was to create a written constitution in which all men had the right to vote for the legislature which would make the laws...
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