Quote Originally Posted by Eggs and Shrubs View Post
The UK, and many other countries, has managed without a written constitution for a 1000 years.
That's correct, I believe (and please correct me if I'm wrong) the UK's version of a constitution has historically been a collection of governing documents, parliamentary conventions and royal perogatives, although recently based on parliamentary sovereignty. We chose individual over parliamentary and crafted a constitution limiting government's power (theoretically) rather than allowing it to be the source of all power.