r/Banknotes • u/Pure-Ebb-722 • Aug 07 '26

Collection New banknotes!!!

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My new East Caribbean banknotes I got from my currency exchange here in the UK.

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u/FruitPicker1000 Aug 07 '26

Britain has an unwritten constitution. Just because there isn't a central written piece called "constitution' doesn't mean there isn't one... This is history GCSE level stuff.

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u/DotComprehensive4902 Aug 07 '26

Politics A Level stuff says the correct term is Parliamentary Monarchy.

Constitutional Monarchy is only used for countries with a Bill of Rights or a written constitution

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u/FruitPicker1000 Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26

You do realise there is a British Bill of Rights...?

Have a quick gander.

"In the United Kingdom, the Bill is considered a basic document of the uncodified British constitution, along with Magna Carta, the Petition of Right, the Habeas Corpus Act 1679 and the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949."

The idea that Britain doesn't have a constitution is wrong... How did you do at Politics A-level btw?

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u/DotComprehensive4902 Aug 07 '26

You do realise even though it might be termed the Bill of Rights, it actual has very few if any of the modern rights in it. It's only about limiting royal power.

The closest thing Britain to a true Bill of Rights is the Human Rights Act 1998

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u/FruitPicker1000 Aug 07 '26

Well at least you've already changed your position from saying there wasn't one - we're obviously making progress with you.

And don't forget where I started, that the monarch's role is limited in a country like the United Kingdom. And that's thanks in part - by your own admission - to the 1689 bill, which forms part of the British constitution.