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The left needs to take a lead in forging ideas around constitutional change
If we don’t decide what kind of future UK we want, the decision will be made for us, warns Labour peer PAULINE BRYAN

DESPITE 21 years of devolution, the Tory government’s handling of Brexit and Covid-19 has confirmed that the UK is one of the most centralised states in the world. 

But now it seems everyone is in favour of constitutional change — Tories, Labour, Lib Dems and, of course, nationalists.

We should remember that constitutions are not neutral — they are devised to deliver for those in power, and in our society that means supporters of global capitalism. 

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