All change

摘要

This may seem an odd moment to make the claim, but Britain is a country in the grip of a modernising frenzy. The outside world may see an unvarying kingdom of royal weddings, golden carriages and clip-clopping Horse Guards, with a young prime minister drawn from the old Establishment. But strip away the pageantry, and David Cameron's Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition is proposing radical changes to the constitutional order. A national referendum on May 5th and months of parliamentary wrangling lie ahead.