WTWU:

Or cutting NI loose?

This threatens to give Ministers the power to repeal, amend or replace any Act of Parliament, Statutory Intrument, Order, Regulation or indeed the Common Law, without full public debate and scrutiny by Parliament.

There are no exemptions for “constitutional” laws, e.g. Mahna carta, Habeas Corpus, Bill of Rights, Act of Union, European Communities Act, Civil Contingencies Act or even anything to prevent the proposed law from being used to amend itself.

There are no safeguards to prevent this Bill, should it become law, from being used, for example, to further broaden the definition of terrorism, simply by Order of a Minister.

This proposed Bill has proven to be a “tipping point” which has even led to the start of a cross party campaign called Liberty Central calling for constitutional reform and safeguards.

During WWI, here in the states anti-German propaganda led to pograms, and laws forbidding the speaking of, or even the teaching of, German language. Laws were even passed forbidding the sale of sauerkraut, unless it was labelled as “Liberty Cabbage”. (I’ll take mine with Liberty Fries, please.) These laws were on the books until the mid-1960s.

An Englishman once told of a group of students in Cambridge (?) who held an archery tournament in the town square. Police arrived, but were taken aback when the smart-arsed students showed them a law requiring such practise take place. The bobbies retreated, but soon returned to arrest the students, as they had breeched the additional requirement that archery participants much be attired in green clothing.

If I remember correctly, under Scottish law, if a particular law has not been enforced against anyone for a long period of time, a legal process of deseutude nullifies and removes a statute without legislative action.

Theis is a petition against it. Please sign and forward on those who agree with it.

http://www.petitiononline.com/achtnag/petition.html