Where did our society, culture, freedoms and responsibilities come from? Although without a written constitution, the UK has an “un-codified constitution” based on diverse laws, practices and conventions and a rich history of documented ‘law’ that dates back over 1,400 years.

Our inheritance from this rich history is what provides us with the society, culture, freedoms and responsibilities we now enjoy. Failure to recognise, value and protect this inheritance increases the risk of losing it and presents two important questions that each of us must answer: