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A Time of Desperation

If we know that the Trial by Jury is the bulwark, the cornerstone, the foundation of our criminal justice system, a ‘little parliament’, ‘the lamp which shows that freedom lives’, a protection against unjust legislation — how can it be lawful for the state to legislate to remove or restrict it?

An invitation to lawyers and public servants to have a discussion about Constitutional qualms you may be having as a result of the furore about Trial by Jury

The legal profession are standing up for Trial by Jury—your most important defence mechanism against unlawful and unjust legislation. But, there is a very prevalent and dangerous mis-understanding…

The problems I have described regarding immorality and order-following persist - in the police and the public more generally, and the solutions to those problems are timeless. In this essay I signpost to the fundamental knowledge which must be gained by all of us if we are to evolve.

There is a general recognition amongst the people and the judiciary, that this prerogative is a protection for and by the people against unconstitutional, unjust or oppressive legislation - so why can we not see that it is absurd, illogical or possibly even a dastardly sleight of hand to suggest that this protection be legislated away - that the government can legislate away the people’s protection against immoral or unjust legislation!

Similar to the Leveson enquiry, the House of Lords Constitution Committee is asking people to submit evidence to key questions regarding the Rule of Law

You have, throughout your reign, disregarded our laws and customs in the legislation that has gone through Parliament