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Essay / The Codified and Uncodified Constitution - 1293
The need for a constitution has never arisen in the history of the United Kingdom, unlike the Constitution of the United States which was desperately needed when the British North American colonies eventually became the United States of America, considered as no major event forced us into massive constitutional change, the codification of the constitution can rightly be seen as a pointless task. Although support for a codified constitution is limited in the UK, we are moving closer to this system as recently the European Convention on Human Rights forces us into a position where we cannot opt out of its regulations because they do not do not affect our own constitution, unlike others. EU member states where regulations deemed unconstitutional can be omitted from the agreement, creating a situation where we govern less of our own laws and lose our authority to an outside government known as the European Parliament. Other recent approaches towards a codified constitution include the agreement reached by the coalition parliament in 2010; who overall attempted to increase the democratic way in which the country is governed, by proposing not only a fixed five-year term, but