You have found incontrovertible proof that the world’s democracies are run by an evil cabal of gnomes. On your way to publish this evidence, the gnomes are able to find you and destroy all the evidence you have.

The year is 1655. There have been two British Civil Wars since 1642. During the period between the first and second Civil War some changes to the constitution were implemented (e.g. Parliament had to be called every three years and removing some Royal controlled courts). In the second Civil War however, Scotland supported King Charles I after Cromwell had broken his promise to implement Presbyterianism. The Royalists lost, partially due to Cromwell’s professionalisation of the army. After various attempts at forming a Parliament, Cromwell, who was a religious zealot and increasingly power hungry, disbanded Parliament and imposed military dictatorship on the whole of the British Isles. Scotland has a long and successful history of opposing military encounters by England, additionally, the English Navy had opposed Cromwell’s rule when he came to power, and there is significant opposition to the Cromwellian system of governance.

The UK, New Zealand and Israel are the only democratic nation states in the world which do not have written constitutions. Instead they draw on various sources including legislation, case law and historic powers of the executive. They generally have increased power to the Parliament, (e.g. the UK parliament being the Supreme governing body and having an ability to override decisions of all other bodies) and pass any laws they like. In contrast, countries with written constitutions have supremacy vested in that document.

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