How do we react to this dual citizenship debacle as it lurches from messy to farcical?

This saga has raised questions with both the drafting of the constitution and the diligence of our nation's elected officials.

Liberal senator Stephen Parry could make the Citizenship Seven a group of eight, as he seeks advice from the UK Home Office as to whether he's a British citizen by descent.

The cause of his citizenship concern is that his father was one of the hundreds of thousands of "Ten Pound Poms" who made a new life in Australia after World War II.

Despite the Citizenship Seven scandal swirling through the corridors of power, Senator Parry waited until after the High Court's Friday ruling on his fellow parliamentarians' status to reveal his potential citizenship by descent situation to all other senators.

Almost four days and two hours of waiting, in fact. And on his birthday.

The seven justices of the highest legal authority in the land had ruled ignorance was not a defence to dual nationality, and reaffirmed the need for prospective politicians to actually to go the effort of checking they complied with the nation's founding document.

On face value, that seems fair — the High Court is demanding people do their homework before applying for a job that isn't your run of the mill occupation.

And yes, Senator Parry did save the taxpayer the added expense of hiring even more barristers to argue his case in court.

But didn't his decision to wait drag this sorry saga out even more?

In the wake of the High Court's ruling, there are calls for a referendum to change the wording of Section 44(1) of the constitution to better reflect the nation's multicultural make up.

When 51 per cent of the nation was either born overseas or has a parent born across the seas, it might seem odd that we have such a provision banning dual citizens from sitting in parliament in the constitution.

But will the Australian public really have sympathy for these politicians, and look to clear away the mess caused by a group who didn't think to check their family history?

And are there other constitutional priorities to deal with first?

The minor parties have demanded an audit of all parliamentarians' citizenship — but it doesn't have the backing of the major parties.

Some have gone as far as to say it'd be a witch hunt.

But how many more months of constitutional calamity need to happen before that becomes not only a reality, but a necessity?

There's no clear answer here. One thing is for sure — Senator Parry is looking less and less likely to be the last pollie in a spot of bother.