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May I add what we're actually witnessing is a country without a written constitution that effectively renders an unacceptable level of power to any sitting British govt rather than the people being sovereign with a proper comprehensive constitution to endorse that fact plus any corrupt govt can be seriously challenged under such a charter and the "rule of law" cannot be diluted to suit any sitting govt either. It can't be blatantly ignored and accountability is paramount!! What I'm describing is a cornerstone of true democracy and proper democratic values. There is a combined failure of governance and constitutionalism in this country, been evident for years n years - a persistent problem , identified long before Brexit or Bojo entered the scene. The symptoms are economic, social and political - simple! They can be seen in the UK's poor economic record, in its social deterioration (massive probs!!), in the rise of poverty and insecurity, in the radicalisation and polarisation of politics, the rise in corruption, and the collapse of standards of conduct in public life. IMO there is a strong link between society itself and democracy, true democracy. It becomes severely strained when society is "tested to its limits". The relative inability of the British state to act in the interests of the ordinary people, to shield and protect at this time of economic crisis, is causing real probs in millions of households up n down the country. eg one in three children are reckoned to be living in poverty. More than two million people rely on food banks. Energy prices? Not caused by the war in Ukraine - caused by the structure of the energy market as a result of privatisation and lack of investment in generation, storage and network capacity that threaten to break the economy. I could go on: sewage dumped into rivers, human rights eroded, economically isolated from our European neighbours - under a self-imposed blockade that continues to cripple businesses and punish consumers!! In effect, the country is not living up to its full potential, it is not at peace with itself!!