Back in vogue

This season's must have seems to be constitutional reform.

It used to be the case that our political parties stole each others clothes (which has always been something of an invented nonsense).

Now our political parties are positively rushing to throw all the clothes away and invest in new ones.

As Spring turns to Summer this is a process that is being repeated up and down the country. We cannot ignore the premise that a wholesale clearance of the political wardrobe is firmly back in fashion.

However any constitutional changes must be put to the great British public through a referendum or series of referenda. That really would encapsulate the true democratic power of Britain's governed.