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codeduckyesterday at 11:34 AM3 repliesview on HN

There is absolutely a Constitution in the UK, it is simply not codified into a single document.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_Kin...

More importantly, the UK is a Constitutional Monarchy, with ultimate legislative power vested in Parliament rather than the Monarch.


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istjohnyesterday at 3:45 PM

From your link: "This enables the constitution to be easily changed as no provisions are formally entrenched."

It doesn't look like a duck, it doesn't quack like a duck, yet you insist that this goose-shaped creature is a duck.

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OJFordyesterday at 2:34 PM

And that's absolutely not what the commenter up-thread meant.

howerjyesterday at 1:03 PM

I find it weird that people would downvote this, I know you should not complain about it, but this comment is correct. The UK does have a (uncodified) constitution. Also of note; even countries with a codified constitution have parts that are uncodified.

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