TO ALL FREE MEN OF OUR KINGDOM
The
Magna Carta
...here
is a law which is above the King and which even he must not break. This
reaffirmation of a supreme law and its expression in a general charter is
the great work of Magna Carta; and this alone justifies the respect in which
men have held it.
--Winston
Churchill, 1956
After
790 years, officialdom has finally lost respect for the Magna Carta, which
has protected men’s freedom since 1215. A new generation of feudal lords
resent the inalienable rights enshrined in the great charter,
which
“shall be observed in good faith and without deceit.” It is
not in their interest, as it impedes profiteering, makes them accountable
for corporate crimes and infringes on the desire for totalitarian control.
Britain
has seen countless wars and threats to its sovereignty, but neither Napoleon
nor Hitler could make us forfeit our rights. Now,
in a time of peace, the liberties won for us and our heirs,
forever… have been rescinded by
the Labour government. Magna Carta cannot be cancelled arbitrarily by
subsequent English laws, but that was before the advent of “terrorism.”
A
concerted terror campaign by the IRA could not provoke parliament to shred
our precious constitution, but then, along came ‘al Qaeda’ who envied our
freedoms and sought to destroy them. They succeeded, not through bombing,
but just by existing. The enemy’s alleged presence on our soil is the sole
justification for undermining centuries of supreme law and advocating
martial law. (Click on image for enlargement, editor's note).
Magna
Carta declared, “No official shall place a man on trial upon his own
unsupported statement, without producing credible witnesses to the truth of
it.” In Blair’s Britain, the Home Secretary can forego the trial and jail a
man on his own unsupported statement, without producing credible witnesses
to the truth of it, indefinitely. The burden of proof is no longer
proof, but reasonable suspicion.
The
probability that one may offend is enough to “deny or delay, right or
justice” a principle strictly forbidden by the antiquated document which
states; “we will appoint as justices, constables, sheriffs, or other
officials, only men that know the law of the realm and are minded to keep it
well.”
Any
administration which opts to ignore or supersede these basic civil rights
can only be corrupt to the core.
By the 13th
Century it was ensured that in future, “no free man shall be seized or
imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled,
or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force
against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgement of his
equals or by the law of the land.” Suspension of this ruling makes the
rulers despotic.
The
supreme law has been violated by those appointed to uphold it. The Magna
Carta wished accordingly and commanded,
“That men in our kingdom shall have and keep all these liberties, rights,
and concessions, well and peaceably in their fullness and entirety for them
and their heirs, of us and our heirs, in all things and all places for
ever.” To overrule this precept, condemns us to servitude.
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Translation of
Magna Carta:
http://www.bl.uk/collections/treasures/magnatranslation.html
The New Terror
Laws
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4288407.stm
