Prevention of Terrorism Bill - Letter

26.2.2005.
Dear

RE the Prevention of Terrorism Bill.

After the events of 9/11 Parliament legislated in haste and that haste has resulted partly to the problem that faces both Houses of Parliament today. However, as it is now clear that the War on Terrorism is a “continuing forever event” (and I do not doubt for one minute that we will escape a terrible terrorist action one day) the Government’s proposals in the Prevention of Terrorism Bill being indecently rushed through Parliament at the moment, contains actions that would remove forever our hard fought for RIGHTS that are held in our Common Law Constitution and which is totally unacceptable and absolutely unforgivable should the present government be allowed to go down this route. They would be creating an action that would completely destroy our United Kingdom Constitution, which, according to R.v.Thistlewood 1820, is an act of Treason.

Even if, as has been suggested, we had a written constitution, even if it was a written constitution carved out in stone, this present government would probably ignore it in the way that it has already ignored our present Common Law Constitution that has stood the test of time for hundreds of years, until recently. Who knows what sort of Government we may have in the future? Will this Country be governed from the Brussels headquarters? This is possible, for the Prime Minister has placed his signature on the treaty ESTABLISHING a Constitution for Europe, all it requires allegedly, is ratification by a yes vote in a referendum. Whether it will be lawful/legal for the Government or the people to give away this country, which should of course be held for future generations, remains to be seen.

The European Union constitution would become one Constitution for all 25 Member states and as such, no matter what sort of terrorist act came about, or intelligence was given, our government-while it still existed as a government-could not disapply, set aside, or remove any part of. So why are they trying to do just that now to OUR Constitution? Is this the same ‘intelligence’ we relied on that sent us into Iraq?

As we can no longer rely on our Government to protect and obey our Constitution, as they should be doing, I, as a Commoner, state officially that it is my duty to protect and obey our Constitution to the best of my ability. This I am doing by writing this letter now. I therefore place my formal objection to the above Bill.

Who are the terrorists? What sort of terrible disasters are the Government in fear of that ordinary innocent people have not suffered or seen already? The bombing of innocent babes and children in Iraq? Afghanistan? Was it the bombing of Nagasaki or Hiroshima? The napalm bombing? The trials and experiments at Portland Down? Did we not see enough in Belsen and all the other concentration camps?

Just suppose that the present food scare had been instigated by al-Qaeda and that it had been a quick action poison added to our food by them. Did the Government act quickly enough to remove the food from our shelves? To warn us? The answer is NO. Could they have acted quicker by removing our Constitution as is proposed in the Bill? The answer is NO. So why does the Home Secretary want these powers?

In spite of the Law Lords ruling or perhaps because of it I also state here that foreign nationals are different to British Nationals, for the latter owe allegiance to the Crown and this Country, foreign nationals do not. This is why I, as a Commoner will lawfully, legally and peacefully fight (to prove this difference) to protect our Queen and country and in particular, our Common Law Constitution. We are not European Union Nationals (yet!) and I pray that we never will be. We cannot all be put in the melting pot of harmonisation for we are indeed all different. There are ways of dealing with British nationals that take up arms and or give succour to enemies of the Queen in times of war

Part of the Government’s problem is of their own making by incorporating the Convention on Human Rights into our Law. It was incompatible with our Constitution right from the start. It is all very well to try to comply with it and state so on all legislation, but the Human Rights is only one part of our Constitution, the whole should be taken into consideration. Parliament may not lawfully alter or repeal Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights, etc.

I will place this thought before you. If our Common Law Constitution is set aside (Or already has been) the people will have nothing to lose and no laws to obey for without their Constitution to guide Government or people, later legislation will have no value or meaning to them. A Constitution is the basic foundation on which to build the rest, a beginning, a guide, a certain standard, an example to live up to, to improve, etc. Remove our Constitution and the later laws and legislation will mean nothing. They will have no foundation, no anchor to cling to. There may well be civil disobedience, or anarchy; the people will be free to take up arms etc for later legislation will mean nothing. Either way, the people will really be the losers; for they will already have lost it. They, like government will find that they cannot keep what they have already lost.

The European Constitution is the foundation for the European Union, the beginning to build on until they reach their final goal of controlling and ruling absolutely everything and everybody in what used to be separate independent sovereign states.

I urge each and every one of you to think again as regards the Prevention of Terrorism Bill, for if it goes ahead, the Government will have done part of the job that al-Qaeda could only have dreamt about and done more for the promotion of terrorism than anyone held in Belmarsh.

Yours faithfully,

Anne Palmer
As this concerns our Constitution, this is an open letter.
Further points on this matter from my letter above. “In spite of the Law Lords ruling or perhaps because of it I also state here that foreign nationals are different to British Nationals, for the latter owe allegiance to the Crown and this Country, foreign nationals do not”.

No British national should be treated differently from other British nationals, and no foreign nationals should be treated differently from other foreign nationals. The Human Rights Act is completely incompatible with our Constitution and should be repealed.