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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Magna Carta - did she die in vain?
Posted by: Paul Corcoran
Date/Time: 15/06/15 19:37:00

Lord Denning didn't have the most basic grasp of the principles of Magna Carta. In denying the Birmingham Six leave to appeal he reasoned,

'If they won, it would mean that the police were guilty of perjury; that they were guilty of violence and threats; that the confessions were involuntary and improperly admitted in evidence; and that the convictions were erroneous. ... That was such an appalling vista that every sensible person would say, "It cannot be right that these actions should go any further."'

That is supporting the power of the arbitrary despot over the freedom of the individual.


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Magna Carta - did she die in vain?15/06/15 15:23:00 Cllr Sam Hearn
   Re:Magna Carta - did she die in vain?15/06/15 16:44:00 David Darlow
      Re:Re:Magna Carta - did she die in vain?15/06/15 17:00:00 Phil Kay
         Re:Re:Re:Magna Carta - did she die in vain?15/06/15 18:45:00 Russell Pearson
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Magna Carta - did she die in vain?15/06/15 19:03:00 Carl Wynne
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Magna Carta - did she die in vain?15/06/15 19:37:00 Loraine Pemberton
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Magna Carta - did she die in vain?15/06/15 19:37:00 Paul Corcoran
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Magna Carta - did she die in vain?15/06/15 20:52:00 Russell Pearson
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Magna Carta - did she die in vain?15/06/15 19:58:00 Loraine Pemberton
   Re:Magna Carta - did she die in the rain?15/06/15 20:15:00 Alex Thomas
      Re:Re:Magna Carta - did she die in vain?15/06/15 20:56:00 Russell Pearson

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