A number of speeches have referred to the constitution as if constitutions were some immutable artefact fixed in aspic and unchanging.
In any case, the countryside should not be preserved in aspic.
The countryside is a living place, and cannot be set in aspic.
It is now being claimed that every possible bird habitat must be protected in aspic and left unchanged.
We understand that the parks are living communities and should not just be preserved in aspic.
Things do not remain in aspic, and it is incumbent on all of us to achieve such savings when we can.
No town or village should be preserved in aspic—all communities must grow and develop.
They do not want their villages pickled in aspic, to remain as they were in the 19th century.
