Comments on: European Constitution http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2004/03/22/382 Every day the Prime Minister's Spokesman meets a small coterie of political journalists known as 'the lobby' for a topical chat, or 'briefing'. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:39:02 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: John Murphy http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2004/03/22/382/comment-page-1#comment-553 John Murphy Tue, 23 Mar 2004 06:45:47 +0000 #comment-553 I agree Constitutions should be as short as possible ie. We elect people by FPTP and have a PM and cabinet They shouldn't talk about religion, cars defence or anything like that (like the EU one does) because it just gets to complicated. Lokk at America now their not allowed to ban guns. I agree
Constitutions should be as short as possible
ie. We elect people by FPTP and have a PM and cabinet
They shouldn’t talk about religion, cars defence or anything like that (like the EU one does) because it just gets to complicated.
Lokk at America now their not allowed to ban guns.

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]]> By: Chris Lightfoot http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2004/03/22/382/comment-page-1#comment-547 Chris Lightfoot Mon, 22 Mar 2004 21:22:28 +0000 #comment-547 For those who haven't done so, I'd recommend trying to read the EU constitution. It's enormous and -- to a non-specialist like me, anyway -- largely incomprehensible. When we have a referendum on it, I'm going to vote against it unless they can get it down to two sides of A4 -- or preferably one. For those who haven’t done so, I’d recommend trying to read the EU constitution. It’s enormous and — to a non-specialist like me, anyway — largely incomprehensible. When we have a referendum on it, I’m going to vote against it unless they can get it down to two sides of A4 — or preferably one.

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