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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
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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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