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> Britain does not have a written constitution but it is followed (how?)

Perhaps this is just a tacit admission that writing the rules on a piece of paper changes nothing. People follow the rules as a kind of collective consensus. Writing them down in one place wouldn’t change that.



"The English have a system that is no system, which is also a system, only better."

- I have completely forgotten the quote source, but it is a lesser cited quip from a famous political philosopher.




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