Great Britain: The Birth Place of Human Rights Has Become its Graveyard
The nation’s descent into fascism is complete.
When millions around the world think of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the royal family, Buckingham Palace, afternoon tea, double decker buses, Manchester United, Liverpool football club, the Beatles, and David Beckham easily come to mind.
What is less known, however, is that Britain is also home to the Magna Carta and Habeas corpus, documents which form the very basis of the rights that we have come to recognize as central to our individual freedoms within a democracy.
It is no exaggeration to state that the Magna Carta or the great charter, in modern language, is the single most important document to emerge from these isles. Its influence is strongly felt in the greatest social contract of all —the American constitution.
The words which we have come to appreciate as key to our liberty ring powerfully today as it did the very year (1215) it was written:
No freeman shall be taken, imprisoned, diseased, outlawed, banished, or in any way destroyed, nor will We proceed against or prosecute him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.