A Written Constitution Isn't Needed: 'It's Why We Don't Arrest Nationalists' | AN Wilson
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"The Spaniards are sending people across to Barcelona to arrest perfectly legitimate politicians. That's the sort of rigid thing you get when you have a written constitution." The UK’s unwritten constitution is the reason that Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Irish nationalists aren’t automatically arrested, which demonstrates its legal and moral effectiveness, says historian AN Wilson. AN Wilson was speaking to Ed Vaizey on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday-Thursday from 10am-1pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/
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