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The Magna Carta
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 Now, in a time of peace, the liberties won for us and our heirs, forever… have been rescinded by the Labour government.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. * * * Translation of Magna Carta: http://www.bl.uk/collections/treasures/magnatranslation.html The New Terror Laws |