We don’t need another Bill of Rights
A group of MPs have told the Demon Headmaster that we should have a British Bill of Rights to give extra protection to children, old people and people with learning disabilities.
Has nobody told these cretins that we’ve already got a Bill of Rights?
The Bill of Rights was passed in 1689 in the English Parliament and gave many and varied fundamental rights to all citizens, including the right to trial by jury and freedom from arbitrary detention.
There is no point, however, in creating a new Bill of Rights if it gives us less rights than we already have and if it will just be ignored like our current Bill of Rights is. You no longer have the right to trial by jury in complex fraud cases, you no longer have freedom from detention without charge or trial and your money and property can be stolen by the state without a judge even knowing about it, let alone ordering it as the Bill of Rights says it must happen.
If we all have fundamental rights then they should be universal. I don’t see why pensioners, children or people with learning disabilities should get any extra rights over what I get. Positive discrimination doesn’t work, it’s been shown to be a fucking stupid idea over and over again yet here we have a group of professional politicians proposing that certain groups should be given more fundamental rights than others. How much further from the concept of a charter on fundamental rights can you get?
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1689?
That doesn’t apply to us in Scotland!
Oh, westminster does’nt apply to us in scotland either,
August 11th, 2008 at 10:00 amI wonder what famous MPs will loose their seats in the election, a la Portillo?
I remeber saying on election night, ‘This is the man who will replace Major and probably be the next Toty PM’
August 11th, 2008 at 10:03 amAgreed. But this BoR is about increasing the powers of the State rather than restricting them.
August 12th, 2008 at 10:52 amThat doesn’t apply to us in Scotland!
Good job you’ve got a parliament of your own then”.
August 12th, 2008 at 11:36 amNot really, our parly are just as big a bunch of cocks as your parly, though i think you might have more scots in yours :p
August 12th, 2008 at 5:46 pmYou do realise that the 1689 Bill of Rights makes it illegal to have a standing army in peace-time?
August 12th, 2008 at 9:57 pmMakes it illegal for the King to have a standing army without consent of Parliament.
August 12th, 2008 at 10:12 pm