The distinctive feature of the British constitution is not that it is written or unwritten. Like all constitutions, it is already a mixture of both. The fact that it is uncodified is not even especially remarkable. We could gather up all the existing written statutes pertaining to the constitution in one document if we wished. A secretarial exercise. The remarkable -- and in my view highly desirable -- characteristic of the British constitution is that there is no higher law beyond what our elected representatives legislate. Parliament is sovereign. The British constitution can be boiled down into five words, 'Whatever Parliament enacts is constitutional'. Anything and everything is possible under the British system, constitutionally speaking. It is an extraordinarily open and democratic system, as a result. It means we are not bound by the dead hand of the past, but at the same time we should be careful custodians of our inheritance. With this enormous power in the hands of our elected officials comes much responsibility. It would be an act of appalling self-sabotage to remove that power from our democratic representatives in Parliament and place that power in the hands of judges, which is what constitutional entrenchment inescapably does.