Order Paper: The perils of written constitutionalism
Democratic safeguards lie in strength of individual character, not in fine words on a piece of paper.
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“Fine words butter no parsnips” is an old piece of folk wisdom which, personally, I’ve never been quite able to understand.
It isn’t quite plain to me why one would want to put either fine words or butter on to parsnips, let alone eat what has always struck me as being like a kind of albino
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Order Paper: The perils of written constitutionalism
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