News and Thoughts

The overlay constitution is basically one which can change itself. How can such a thing be safeguarded from its own destruction?

Update from Criminal Bar Association regarding their position as the Jury Abolition Bill (Courts and Tribunals Bill) proceeds to the Lords for second reading on Tuesday 27th October. It contains a useful summary of what is still problematic about the Bill following the amendments made in the commons.

Without Trial by Jury in place, no dramatic event is required for democracy to be replaced by tyranny: men and women become enslaved by their indifference to the ambitions, and plight, of others; and by allowing their minds to dwell on distractions. Roman emperors knew well that sufficient “bread and the games” generally kept populations tranquil and subject to their bloody, capricious rule.

I am sick of people reducing our laws and customs to ‘a piece of paper’. These are principles. Principles will not enforce themselves, and neither can a handful of people restore them alone.

If the main mechanism by which your fellow citizens protect you from arbitrary legislation and punishment is removed, you’ve now entered the most dangerous phase yet of a development of tyranny.

The more hidden feature of our Common Law Constitution: Cost-free Private Prosecution. A devastating weapon.

Some eye-watering moments in the story of the Glorious Revolution. In this part we demonstrate the links between the deceptive events leading up to the Revolution and the constitutional illegitimacy with powerful money interests and banking.

We get to the climax of the Glorious Revolution from a Constitutional perspective. In this section we discuss the nitty-gritty of the lack of Constitutional legitimacy of the Coronation Oath Act of 1688 and the Bill of Rights of 1689.

What are the chances Aldous Huxley, being well acquainted with members of the Tavistock Institute, understood something about the social engineering techniques used to condition individuals into conformity?

We cover the committee meetings prior to the 'Convention' and Declaration of Rights, we get into the implications of the Coronation Oath Act 1688 and some discussion on William Blackstone. Some bombshell moments in this.

Whether you call it a king or whatever, the role is to promise to “govern", not to rule arbitrarily, but to “govern” which means to uphold the common law trial by jury. This is ancient custom.

View the conversation with Damien and Calvin in which we get into the latest issues re. Trial by Jury and Constitutional matters