British Bill Of Rights

This subject keeps rearing it's head, no doubt at the behest of the social do-gooders and those with a vested interest. Geoffrey Robertson QC has such an article in the Independent - an interesting read.

One immediate comment I have is that I disagree with one aspect of his last paragraph. Discussing that Call Me Dave's offer of such a Bill of Rights* has been 'shelved' Robertson writes: "If they can put together a credible and inspiring draft, the Prime Minister should summon a national convention to debate it, followed by a referendum in which the people of this country could decide to entrench it as the first building block of a written constitution – unalterable except by a further referendum or a two-thirds vote in the Commons"

No, no, no! Note Sir, it is a 'British' Bill of Rights and as such any amendments must only be decided by the British people and not a two-thirds majority of sitting MPs!

* Whilst we do not have a written constitution this worked perfectly well - until politicians decided to get involved!