The Theory of the UK constitution and its sources

The Development, Nature and Theory of the UK constitution 

• Not entrenched, can be changed, house of lords reform under blair 
• however means gov can do what it likes, under blairs anti terrorism laws were illegal 
• gov is limited by parliament, 1million people protesting the Iraq war in 2003 
• House of Lords still not fully reformed, it is hard to push through proper reform 
• Means that the government is  soveriegn, can be effective. For example the human rights act of 1998 was passed 
• However governement is not fully sovereign, for example may being defeated on the brexit vote in 2017 
• Codification means that peoples rights would be better defined, government torturing terrorists in the 2000s
• However the…