Sedition against the State
A Constitutional Illegality and a Cheat upon the People
If the people of the United Kingdom believe in anything, it is their freedom under the law, for which their forebears have fought and died. It must therefore be a matter of the highest constitutional importance to the that the re-named constitutional Treaty of Lisbon, which takes in all the other EU Treaties, is found incompatible with our Common Law Constitution under the existing foundational statutes still in force. Also, that the Crown Coronation Oath 1953, which upholds the 'laws and customs' of the Realm on behalf of the People, is disregarded as a mere bauble to be kicked out of the way.
The Case Against the Ruling Elite
Since 1972 successive Administrations of government in the United Kingdom (the recognised Mother of Parliaments and democratic freedoms in the world) have upheld European legislation which has allowed an ever-increasing conflict to grow on the Statute Book. The ancient rights of the People under English Law have been set aside by a political agenda of deconstructive implied repeal. This has been allowed to effect what amounts to "a slow coup d'etat", as was said by one hugely respected Labour MP. Also, as another great figure in House of Commons said of our giving more and more control to Europe, especially over our Courts: "A constitutional authority no longer exercised, is no longer a constitutional authority".
Sitting for decades on opposite sides of the House of Commons, both these former MPs were great parliamentarians and upholders of the People's Democratic and Constitutional Sovereignty. During the whole process of passing European legislation they believed the People were being betrayed by the political elite in respect of the great European Project. Events have proven them and others correct in their greatest fears. A process of constitutional illegality over four decades has brought us to a very critical point represented by the Treaty of Lisbon - which threatens a thousand years of Britain's constitutional history.
Either a statute of in force or it is not and to avoid letting 'the cat out of the bag', politicians (and even the Judiciary) avoided the lawful course of repeal in respect of our great foundational statutes. They simply cheated the People by ignoring these statutes as if we had no history prior to their unconstitutional actions. In effect the Orwellian dream world of 1984 has been made a reality. The People's trust has been betrayed by the political elite. The time for the People to wake up arrived some time ago.
This process has continued treaty by European Treaty until the People are now faced with a constitutional impasse, the like of which has not been seen since the 17th century. The Coronation Oath of 2 June 1953 committed the Monarch to uphold the "laws and customs" of the Realm. This does not encompass the ratification of the re-named Constitutional Treaty of Lisbon.
It is now the case that future governments are supposedly bound by alien European laws that, under the final ratification of Treaty of Lisbon, will assert an unlawful 'power to enforce' a new constitutional settlement for Britain that has never been approved by the People. It is the most serious crime for anyone in the Realm and especially in government, to undermine the Sovereignty of the Crown-in-Parliament. It is in fact a crime of sedition, punishable under the Treason Act 1351 and the Treason Felony Act 1848, to plan the overthrow of the sovereign supremacy of the nation and the lawful supremacy of the Constitution.
Successive governments have sought to cover their actions by making English Common Law allegedly subordinate to foreign Civil Law under the Treaty of Rome. They claimed that the European Communities Act 1972 made this law part of the British Constitution as legitimate constitutional procedure, because Parliament, it is said, is sovereign and can do what it likes. This is an entirely false assumption and only of recent constitutional convention in our long parliamentary history. The political elite have committed the People to the European Project by an action of stealth and deception which, of itself, is in defiance of constitutional constraint and therefore an act of sedition - in all reality treason against the State.
The Golden Thread of British History
The Case Against the Ruling Elite
Since 1972 successive Administrations of government in the United Kingdom (the recognised Mother of Parliaments and democratic freedoms in the world) have upheld European legislation which has allowed an ever-increasing conflict to grow on the Statute Book. The ancient rights of the People under English Law have been set aside by a political agenda of deconstructive implied repeal. This has been allowed to effect what amounts to "a slow coup d'etat", as was said by one hugely respected Labour MP. Also, as another great figure in House of Commons said of our giving more and more control to Europe, especially over our Courts: "A constitutional authority no longer exercised, is no longer a constitutional authority".
Sitting for decades on opposite sides of the House of Commons, both these former MPs were great parliamentarians and upholders of the People's Democratic and Constitutional Sovereignty. During the whole process of passing European legislation they believed the People were being betrayed by the political elite in respect of the great European Project. Events have proven them and others correct in their greatest fears. A process of constitutional illegality over four decades has brought us to a very critical point represented by the Treaty of Lisbon - which threatens a thousand years of Britain's constitutional history.
Either a statute of in force or it is not and to avoid letting 'the cat out of the bag', politicians (and even the Judiciary) avoided the lawful course of repeal in respect of our great foundational statutes. They simply cheated the People by ignoring these statutes as if we had no history prior to their unconstitutional actions. In effect the Orwellian dream world of 1984 has been made a reality. The People's trust has been betrayed by the political elite. The time for the People to wake up arrived some time ago.
This process has continued treaty by European Treaty until the People are now faced with a constitutional impasse, the like of which has not been seen since the 17th century. The Coronation Oath of 2 June 1953 committed the Monarch to uphold the "laws and customs" of the Realm. This does not encompass the ratification of the re-named Constitutional Treaty of Lisbon.
It is now the case that future governments are supposedly bound by alien European laws that, under the final ratification of Treaty of Lisbon, will assert an unlawful 'power to enforce' a new constitutional settlement for Britain that has never been approved by the People. It is the most serious crime for anyone in the Realm and especially in government, to undermine the Sovereignty of the Crown-in-Parliament. It is in fact a crime of sedition, punishable under the Treason Act 1351 and the Treason Felony Act 1848, to plan the overthrow of the sovereign supremacy of the nation and the lawful supremacy of the Constitution.
Successive governments have sought to cover their actions by making English Common Law allegedly subordinate to foreign Civil Law under the Treaty of Rome. They claimed that the European Communities Act 1972 made this law part of the British Constitution as legitimate constitutional procedure, because Parliament, it is said, is sovereign and can do what it likes. This is an entirely false assumption and only of recent constitutional convention in our long parliamentary history. The political elite have committed the People to the European Project by an action of stealth and deception which, of itself, is in defiance of constitutional constraint and therefore an act of sedition - in all reality treason against the State.
The Golden Thread of British History
It is said that in our Constitution the Monarch reigns but does not rule, yet as the Crown the Queen represents the People in Parliament. Since 1992 and the Treaty of Maastricht our Head of State has been made a citizen of the European Union, which on an official royal web site reads like an abdication. This has compromised and downgraded the Royal Style and Titles of the Crown under the Statute of Westminster 1931, which is damaging upon the great Dominions where the Queen also is Head of State.
The golden thread of British history is that we always bring the overmighty subject to book. When it is revealed that overmighty subjects have undermined our Constitution, a decisive moment will have arrived for our country and for the Crown. The Queen is the long-stop of our constitution and over our membership of the EU the People have been denied their democratic constitutional voice by the unconstitutional binding of future parliaments.
The consequences of allowing the present constitutional illegality to become irreversible under the Treaty of Lisbon will be infinitely more serious democratically than the scandal of MPs expenses. It has been said that in years to come Britain would have to fight her way out of the EU if it seeks to leave the federal-oriented organisation. In respect of the European Arrest Warrant, something very threatening is already happening, which is not widely understood by our people and under Lisbon could become far more serious.
In a report by Alex Wade in the Law section of The Times on 13 August 2009, under a sub-headline it was stated that "Under the European arrest warrant many hundreds of people have been extradited for 'crimes' that would never reach a criminal court in Britain. It is time for a rethink?" It was also pointed out that some EU states have only recently begun observing human rights.
Furthermore, under the new article 188R on External Action of the Treaty of Lisbon*, it is quite clear that Europol/Eurogendarmerie, or foreign troops, can enter our Country fully armed with immunity from prosecution.
The Queen "Deceived in Her Grant"?
Britain's new Supreme Court gets under way from October 2009, making us more like Europe at law and changing centuries of legal history in our land. Surely the very first issue that should come before the Supreme Court is the burning question of the compatibility of our Common Law Constitution with the European Constitution under the Treaty of Lisbon? How 'strange' that over the years this issue has been denied its day in the highest Court. The People and their posterity have been ignored because they would never have supported the process of sedition against the State.
Are not the seven centuries of Parliamentary history in Britain of no less importance than the German Constitution is to the German people - a constitution that dates only from 1949 and 1990? The Bundestag must comply with the German constitution and this gave rise to the German Constitutional Court's ruling on the Treaty of Lisbon where, in addition, there is a Basic Law where every person may file a complaint to that Court when his or her constitutional rights (especially the human rights) have been violated.
In our case, there is a history of the Courts of England accepting that Parliament can change the Constitution without reference to the People. Much of it is in conventions which are unknown by the general population. The People themselves have no options but to trust their politicians not to betray their trust, yet this trust has been abused by governments over the years. Particularly has this been so since New Labour came to power in 1997 as it has been ignoring these conventions at will. The present Administration ('the Government' being the Queen's) believes it can do anything it wants, there is no question about that and it has done so in practice.
The Labour Administration officially ratified the Treaty of Lisbon on 16 July 2008 when the UK's 'instrument of ratification' was deposited with the Italian foreign affairs ministry in Rome (because of the original Treaty of Rome 1957). This was after two High Court Judges dismissed an action on a 'legitimate expectation' for a public vote on the matter. The Shadow Foreign Secretary said the prime minister had "no democratic or moral authority to sign Britain up to the renamed EU constitution". However, there has been no great constitutional outcry coming from the Opposition, let alone from the Judiciary, who refused to allow judicial review on the previous Constitutional Treaty in 2003.
The point about the Treaty of Lisbon, which now incorporates all the earlier treaties, is that it has the effect of altering the British Constitution to such an extent that, when added to the previous changes, it has gone too far. A further point is that while premiers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown made blatant changes, Britain remained relatively independent and it was still possible for future Parliaments to reverse them. However, under the renamed Constitutional Lisbon Treaty there are changes to the Constitution which can never be reversed.
The Executive should level with the People immediately. It would require the Queen to take a new Coronation Oath relegating the Realm to a state within a country called "Europe?" This, of course, they could not afford to suggest - it would reveal the seditious agenda. Better they think to let the deception continue because the Judiciary, going on past experience, have no will to make a constitutional stand.
If the Judiciary Act Not - the People have the right!
The fact is our great foundational statutes remain in force. The Declaration and Bill of Rights 1688-89, when Parliament was suspended, is still there. Magna Carta 1215/1297 which predates Parliament, is still intact, in spite of certain parts having allegedly been repealed. Yet, those parts that have been allegedly 'repealed' have actually been used since 1945 to win arguments - so how could they have been used to 'win' arguments' when they are supposed to no longer exist? In The History of the English-speaking People in the period which covers 1215 and Magna Carta, the famous author wrote that: "Magna Carta must not be taken lightly as many modern writers would have us believe.. whenever the State, swollen with its own authority, has sought to ride roughshod over the rights and liberties of the people, it is to this doctrine, 'Magna Carta,' that they have forever turned and never as yet without success."
This is exactly the position of the State today in respect of the European Project. The record is its own accuser; the political elite, swollen with their own authority have ridden roughshod over the rights and liberties of the People. However, they have not had the authority to discard, by implied repeal, centuries of statute law. It has not been in their gift to commit the People and their posterity de facto, permanently, to another constitutional settlement under alien laws.
The most important clause in the 61st Article of Magna Carta states that "..it shall be lawful for every one in our realm to rise against us to use all the ways and means they can to hinder us... until that in which we have transgressed and offenced shall have been brought again into due state..." This action would be constitutionally legitimate, as repeated with great distinctness when confirmed by Henry III (1216-72).
Within the past century,in A People's Runnymede,** it was written that the legalising of rebellion is the bedrock of our democtaratic institutions. It was accepted by Parliament. To this extent Parliament was limited; it must not violate the Common Law. The People becoming aware of constitutional illegality that has undermined the State, finding no recourse at law, have not only the lawful right, but by implication, the obligation, to react to the offence. It is their lawful right, to dedicate themselves by every means necessary, to restore their heritage of freedom under the law and to bring the overmighty to book.
Attacks are being made on other great statutes, like the Act of Settlemnent 1701, which safeguards our constitution, but it has been found that to repeal this and certain other great statutes is far too involved and would unravel the great tapestry of our statute law involving also the overseas Dominions under the Crown. The British people across the globe are actually one people at law whereas most of the countries of Continental Europe have had new constitutions since World War II - hardly a sure foundation on which to build a United States of Europe!
The ruling elite in government, because they do not value or know history and its importance to our democratic freedoms, choose to ignore our Constitution and pretend it does not exist - until they use it themselves because it suits them - as was demonstrated so very recently by their use of Article IX of the Bill of Rights 1689 in the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009. The trust of the People in our temporary politicians is at its lowest ebb for many years. The time has surely come for the Judiciary to act as the advocate of the People in Her Majesty's Courts. Indeed, to represent them on this great issue which transcends party politics? By remaining aloof, they themselves could well become implicated in the crisis and defame our constitutional history.
Our Objectives that require Explanation and Exploitation:
To restore the essential sovereignty of our Electorate and to take back power madly conceded to the EU; to restore our traditional relationship between Parliament and Government; to undo the assumption of more and more power by the Executive; these reveal once more the day of our destiny; 70 years on from 1939, Europe awaits our act of Deliverance - a new D-Day will come. This time not by our military might and -" it will be marvellous in our eyes".
Michael A Clark, Chairman, Covenant Publishing Company Ltd
Geoff Southall, C.Eng., MIEE, MRIN
Anne Palmer, JP
* Combined or together with the already ratified/signed EU Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) Directive C 321/6 dated 31 December 2003 in the Official Journal of the EU.
** A People's Runnymede, page 79, by Robert J Scrutton, pub. Andrew Dakers 1941
3 September 2009
The golden thread of British history is that we always bring the overmighty subject to book. When it is revealed that overmighty subjects have undermined our Constitution, a decisive moment will have arrived for our country and for the Crown. The Queen is the long-stop of our constitution and over our membership of the EU the People have been denied their democratic constitutional voice by the unconstitutional binding of future parliaments.
The consequences of allowing the present constitutional illegality to become irreversible under the Treaty of Lisbon will be infinitely more serious democratically than the scandal of MPs expenses. It has been said that in years to come Britain would have to fight her way out of the EU if it seeks to leave the federal-oriented organisation. In respect of the European Arrest Warrant, something very threatening is already happening, which is not widely understood by our people and under Lisbon could become far more serious.
In a report by Alex Wade in the Law section of The Times on 13 August 2009, under a sub-headline it was stated that "Under the European arrest warrant many hundreds of people have been extradited for 'crimes' that would never reach a criminal court in Britain. It is time for a rethink?" It was also pointed out that some EU states have only recently begun observing human rights.
Furthermore, under the new article 188R on External Action of the Treaty of Lisbon*, it is quite clear that Europol/Eurogendarmerie, or foreign troops, can enter our Country fully armed with immunity from prosecution.
The Queen "Deceived in Her Grant"?
Britain's new Supreme Court gets under way from October 2009, making us more like Europe at law and changing centuries of legal history in our land. Surely the very first issue that should come before the Supreme Court is the burning question of the compatibility of our Common Law Constitution with the European Constitution under the Treaty of Lisbon? How 'strange' that over the years this issue has been denied its day in the highest Court. The People and their posterity have been ignored because they would never have supported the process of sedition against the State.
Are not the seven centuries of Parliamentary history in Britain of no less importance than the German Constitution is to the German people - a constitution that dates only from 1949 and 1990? The Bundestag must comply with the German constitution and this gave rise to the German Constitutional Court's ruling on the Treaty of Lisbon where, in addition, there is a Basic Law where every person may file a complaint to that Court when his or her constitutional rights (especially the human rights) have been violated.
In our case, there is a history of the Courts of England accepting that Parliament can change the Constitution without reference to the People. Much of it is in conventions which are unknown by the general population. The People themselves have no options but to trust their politicians not to betray their trust, yet this trust has been abused by governments over the years. Particularly has this been so since New Labour came to power in 1997 as it has been ignoring these conventions at will. The present Administration ('the Government' being the Queen's) believes it can do anything it wants, there is no question about that and it has done so in practice.
The Labour Administration officially ratified the Treaty of Lisbon on 16 July 2008 when the UK's 'instrument of ratification' was deposited with the Italian foreign affairs ministry in Rome (because of the original Treaty of Rome 1957). This was after two High Court Judges dismissed an action on a 'legitimate expectation' for a public vote on the matter. The Shadow Foreign Secretary said the prime minister had "no democratic or moral authority to sign Britain up to the renamed EU constitution". However, there has been no great constitutional outcry coming from the Opposition, let alone from the Judiciary, who refused to allow judicial review on the previous Constitutional Treaty in 2003.
The point about the Treaty of Lisbon, which now incorporates all the earlier treaties, is that it has the effect of altering the British Constitution to such an extent that, when added to the previous changes, it has gone too far. A further point is that while premiers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown made blatant changes, Britain remained relatively independent and it was still possible for future Parliaments to reverse them. However, under the renamed Constitutional Lisbon Treaty there are changes to the Constitution which can never be reversed.
The Executive should level with the People immediately. It would require the Queen to take a new Coronation Oath relegating the Realm to a state within a country called "Europe?" This, of course, they could not afford to suggest - it would reveal the seditious agenda. Better they think to let the deception continue because the Judiciary, going on past experience, have no will to make a constitutional stand.
If the Judiciary Act Not - the People have the right!
The fact is our great foundational statutes remain in force. The Declaration and Bill of Rights 1688-89, when Parliament was suspended, is still there. Magna Carta 1215/1297 which predates Parliament, is still intact, in spite of certain parts having allegedly been repealed. Yet, those parts that have been allegedly 'repealed' have actually been used since 1945 to win arguments - so how could they have been used to 'win' arguments' when they are supposed to no longer exist? In The History of the English-speaking People in the period which covers 1215 and Magna Carta, the famous author wrote that: "Magna Carta must not be taken lightly as many modern writers would have us believe.. whenever the State, swollen with its own authority, has sought to ride roughshod over the rights and liberties of the people, it is to this doctrine, 'Magna Carta,' that they have forever turned and never as yet without success."
This is exactly the position of the State today in respect of the European Project. The record is its own accuser; the political elite, swollen with their own authority have ridden roughshod over the rights and liberties of the People. However, they have not had the authority to discard, by implied repeal, centuries of statute law. It has not been in their gift to commit the People and their posterity de facto, permanently, to another constitutional settlement under alien laws.
The most important clause in the 61st Article of Magna Carta states that "..it shall be lawful for every one in our realm to rise against us to use all the ways and means they can to hinder us... until that in which we have transgressed and offenced shall have been brought again into due state..." This action would be constitutionally legitimate, as repeated with great distinctness when confirmed by Henry III (1216-72).
Within the past century,in A People's Runnymede,** it was written that the legalising of rebellion is the bedrock of our democtaratic institutions. It was accepted by Parliament. To this extent Parliament was limited; it must not violate the Common Law. The People becoming aware of constitutional illegality that has undermined the State, finding no recourse at law, have not only the lawful right, but by implication, the obligation, to react to the offence. It is their lawful right, to dedicate themselves by every means necessary, to restore their heritage of freedom under the law and to bring the overmighty to book.
Attacks are being made on other great statutes, like the Act of Settlemnent 1701, which safeguards our constitution, but it has been found that to repeal this and certain other great statutes is far too involved and would unravel the great tapestry of our statute law involving also the overseas Dominions under the Crown. The British people across the globe are actually one people at law whereas most of the countries of Continental Europe have had new constitutions since World War II - hardly a sure foundation on which to build a United States of Europe!
The ruling elite in government, because they do not value or know history and its importance to our democratic freedoms, choose to ignore our Constitution and pretend it does not exist - until they use it themselves because it suits them - as was demonstrated so very recently by their use of Article IX of the Bill of Rights 1689 in the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009. The trust of the People in our temporary politicians is at its lowest ebb for many years. The time has surely come for the Judiciary to act as the advocate of the People in Her Majesty's Courts. Indeed, to represent them on this great issue which transcends party politics? By remaining aloof, they themselves could well become implicated in the crisis and defame our constitutional history.
Our Objectives that require Explanation and Exploitation:
To restore the essential sovereignty of our Electorate and to take back power madly conceded to the EU; to restore our traditional relationship between Parliament and Government; to undo the assumption of more and more power by the Executive; these reveal once more the day of our destiny; 70 years on from 1939, Europe awaits our act of Deliverance - a new D-Day will come. This time not by our military might and -" it will be marvellous in our eyes".
Michael A Clark, Chairman, Covenant Publishing Company Ltd
Geoff Southall, C.Eng., MIEE, MRIN
Anne Palmer, JP
* Combined or together with the already ratified/signed EU Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) Directive C 321/6 dated 31 December 2003 in the Official Journal of the EU.
** A People's Runnymede, page 79, by Robert J Scrutton, pub. Andrew Dakers 1941
3 September 2009