'cept we do! but you can't see it, we just know it's there somewhere - though we don't really know exactly what it says until someone asks. 'cept you can never ask.

that's how it works

because in the British system Parliament has the ultimate soverignty over itself (if that makes sense)so it can amend and change the constitution as it sees fit.

Which is obviously more democratic that a rigid set of rules written down 200 years ago :-P

Magna Carta essentially transferred absolute power from the crown (as I understand it) and as we've gone along the monarchy has been moved away from having any strong powers.

Because we've never actually removed them from position as head of state as other countries have we've never needed a constitution.

If you're British you answer this sort of question by implying that Britain is an 'adult' sort of country that has no need for things like constitutions to be a liberal and progressive place.

If you're not British you wonder what the fuck we're on. :D

The Weimar Constitution
"If a state [1] does not fulfill the obligations laid upon it by the Reich[2] constitution or Reich laws, the Reich President may use armed force to cause it to oblige."
Written constitutions can be very dangerous. The WC was written at a time when marshal law seemed to be a necessary option. But years down the line it is abused 'democratically' (by Hitler).

We do have a constitution. We also have a large and fairly sophisticated body of constitutional law. What we lack is (a) a single codified document and (b) a constitutional court akin to the Supreme Court in the US.

Again, as others have said, our political history explains that. Because of doctrines like Parliamentary Sovereignty and the fact that nothing major has happened since the Restoration, we have no perceived need for a written document, and we're suspicious of giving lawyers the final say over politicians.

thanks everyone

If we decided to make it 'not work'

PS I do not recognise the UKS rights over me, other than that which they can compell me to do by duress. I behave as I see fit (sometimes this involves communal rights that I agree with, sometimes i am compelled to do stuff otherwise I will be penalised. It is not with my permission and I do not advocate the state, although if it were to fall then my children would suffer, therefore I do not wish it to fall as it has replaced any other society/community that would be there otherwise. There is no option to 'choose' what rules you live under, therefore any state claiming sovereignty over its geodraphic population is not voluntary, although it can often be fortuitous given some other states malign ness in comparrison.

Given this, it matters not one bit about a constitution, i have no ability to change or amend any hypothetical constitution, no matter how valid my contribution (it would instead depend WHO I was and what position I had)