Unwritten Rule
The integrity of the UK is under threat. In fact, is it too late to save the Union? Not yet, write Stephen Green, Thomas Legg, and Martin Donnelly – but to so will require extensive reform, crucially of the UK’s constitution. And the national discussion must begin now. In Unwritten Rule, the authors add an authoritative voice to the conversation, identifying first the flaws in the UK’s constitution and second the opportunities we must seize if the Union is to remain a meaningful part of our identity and to serve its people effectively.
STEPHEN GREEN was Chair of HSBC between 2006 and 2010 and later Minister of State for Trade and Investment in the Coalition Government from 2011 to 2013. He has been a member of the House of Lords since 2010.
SIR THOMAS LEGG served as a career civil servant in the Lord Chancellor’s Department (now the Ministry of Justice), and served as Permanent Secretary under three Prime Ministers from 1989-1998.
SIR MARTIN DONNELLY was Permanent Secretary of the Departments for Business and Department of International Trade from 2010 to 2017. He worked in a range of central government departments including the Cabinet Office, Foreign Office, and Treasury.