15 MARCH 1968, Page 35

A written constitution?

Sir: Mr Anthony Lewis (8 March) would have us scrap our traditional embodiment of the con- stitution in an elected and responsible legisla- ture and replace it with the interpretation of some vaguely-worded constitution by judges who are neither elected nor responsible.

Of course, says Mr Lewis, 'the great advan- tage of a court-enforced constitution is that it makes governments take a second and often deeper look at the consequences of their acts.' Dare one remind him of Rhodesia?