BY ALEX STORY “In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organised crime?” the 4th century AD theologian Saint Augustine asked about government. The question is worth pondering in today’s Britain. On what philosophical basis is our current State demanding ever more to deliver ever less, not to say the wanton destruction of our beloved country? There are two standpoints: The first, from the … Continue reading Paying Taxes: An Act of Treason?
THE CITY GRUMP Slowly but surely, as the details of the Windsor Framework are examined it is clear, as Hugh Bennett writes in Conservative Home, that as we “peer behind the press releases and it quickly becomes apparent that the Framework is much less a new car than the same old model with a fresh lick of paint on it and a new tyre or … Continue reading Is the Windsor Framework an Act of Treason by Sunak?
CSM EDITORIAL Amended several times over the centuries, Britain’s Treason Act of 1351 remains. However the last time it was used was in 1946 at the trial of William Joyce – otherwise known as Lord Haw-Haw. Joyce assisted Germany during World War II by broadcasting Nazi propaganda and was executed by hanging for treason. While the 665-year-old act has not been used in the modern … Continue reading Whatever Happened to Treason?
BY JAMIE FOSTER Remember, remember the 4th of November, it’s the day the legal profession took leave of its senses. Hopefully temporarily but certainly noticeably. It was perhaps unsurprising. It is not often that a constitutional law case which could help define our political future appears on the front of our national newspapers with such a barrage of fireworks. It is easy to be drawn … Continue reading Brexit Gunpowder Treason & Plot
