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| Kehlhof Camping Stäfa Switzerland 2nd September, 1999 | ||
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The Editor, The Economist Newspaper 25 St James Street London SW1A 1HG England | ||
| Dear Sir, | ||
| Absence of 'The Economist' is one of the snags of a (temporary) life as a caravan tourist, hence an abandoned copy in a S7 train in Zurich was a delight. | ||
| Your article (Aug. 21st 1999) on 'The cafétiere theory of government' reinforced my conviction that Great Britain needs a written constitution as a safeguard for the citizens against the enthusiasm of politicians. | ||
| I have been gravely concerned that the major changes represented by devolution were introduced without a referendum and the removal of power from the hereditary peers was not accompanied by an agreed alternative. In these cases it is not the reforms themselves but the method by which they were engineered which creates alarm. I was reminded of your editorial comment of 1975, following the dismissal of the Whitlam government in Australia, that Britain also needed an Upper House with teeth. | ||
| Now, even more than then, the words 'British Constitution' need a formal meaning rather than being a test for inebriation. | ||
J.R.L.Forsyth MD (Permanent address in Australia supplied). |
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