Does Britain have a Constitution? Video

Magna Carta - 1215:

The Magna Carta is an English legal charter, originally issued in the year 1215. It was written in Latin and is known by its Latin name. The usual English translation of Magna Carta is Great Charter.

Magna Carta required King John of England to proclaim certain rights (pertaining to freemen), respect certain legal procedures, and accept that his will could be bound by the law. It explicitly protected certain rights of the King's subjects, whether free or fettered — and implicitly supported what became the writ of habeas corpus, allowing appeal against unlawful imprisonment.

Magna Carta was the first document forced onto an English King by a group of his subjects (the barons) in an attempt to limit his powers by law and protect their privileges. It was preceded by the 1100 Charter of Liberties in which King Henry I voluntarily stated that his own powers were under the law.

Bill of Rights - 1689:

The Bill of Rights limited royal power and established the supremacy of Parliament, which remains today. Most of the rights covered had been raised before, notably under the Petition of Rights, but not all had been enshrined in law.

These included:
- the king could not suspend or create laws without the consent of parliament
- the king could not raise taxes by royal prerogative or without the consent of parliament
- the king could not raise a standing army in peace time without the consent of parliament
- the people can petition the king without being prosecuted
- parliaments should be held frequently

The Bill dealt mostly with constitutional matters, but it did include a few civil rights, which only applied to Protestants. Two were of particular significance.
- Freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in parliament ought not to be questioned in any court or place out of parliament. This is a crucial parliamentary privilege first raised by Thomas More and agreed by Henry VIII in 1523, and still in operation today
- Protestants may have arms for their defence suitable to their conditions and as allowed by law. This was the basis of the "right to bear arms" in the American constitution.

In 1694 the maximum life of each parliament was set at three years, changed to seven years in 1716, to five years - its current level - in 1911.

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EnglishPatriot777: Decent find mate ★★★★★ Rule Britannia!

Greenleanings: SMASH THE EU NOW!

EarnestBergholt: Some Questions: When was the British "Constitution" mentioned in a recent (last 300 years) British court case or in Parliament? Where was the British "Constitution" when Lord Ahmed threatened to mobilise 10000 muslims in order to prevent free speech in Parliament? Which judges have enforced the Magna Carta and the 1689 Bill of Rights and in what cases?

EarnestBergholt: Vote BNP. Britain needs its OWN new Constitution.

JB000001: Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights are early documents where important constitutional principles were first coherently laid out. We may not use them directly today -- the point is that the principles should still stand.

JB000001: When the Queen promises to govern the Peoples according to their laws and customs in her coronation oath -- I think that is like the President in America when he promises to uphold their constitution. They are both failing in their jobs. British MPs are in violation of their oaths of office as well; TRAITORS ALL!

cafe1984: but a constitution needs to be "embedded"; the magne carta isnt embedded, moreover, the law that mentions "rule of law" is not embedded rule. He is wrong, we have none of this written inside a constitution, our constitution has no static power, as he said it is "evolving" thus, if the politicians wish they can destroy liberty; under EU law we have more rights under human rights law etc. fool.

JB000001: "Embedded law" sounds like Euro-jargon to me. Important constitutional contracts like the Magna Carta are written under common law. Parliament does not have the power to repeal them because Parliament deals in statutes. EU law is illegitimate in Britain; we have not ever consented to be governed by it. Why should we recognise the authority of unelected Brussels bureaucrats?

JB000001: In fact, what allegiance do we owe a British government which betrays us? You are being deceived if you think the EU gives you lots of rights. The Soviet constitution could look good on paper. The problem is, they give you rights -- and take them away. With the EU, like under the Soviet system -- it is the state which comes first; not the individual.

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