It's a return to the Star Chamber as Europe finally tramples Magna Carta into the dust
If you have a spare evening, read the Magna Carta. It is a restraining document. What leaps out from the pages of Langton’s text is the intent to protect subjects from overweening authority (in this case, Norman-French despotism), by restoring ancient freedoms.
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Published: 6:18PM GMT 06 Dec 2009
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