(Original text : South Wall of the Painted Hall, Old Royal Naval College,
Email today from myself to Dr Andrew Blick, of the Constitution Society:
"Dear Dr Blick
Would you or anyone else from the Constitution Society be prepared to discuss the proposition that Britain's 1973 entry into the EEC was unconstitutional?
In particular, how do the 1689 Bill of Rights and the Monarch's Oath of Office bear on the issues?
(We leave aside for the moment the complications regarding the subsequent referendum of 1975, itself made questionable by the withholding from the public of intragovernmental legal and constitutional advice, and partisan misrepresentations to the public by the then Government, news media and other parties.)
Was our entry into the EEC in 1973 not ultra vires?
The debate must surely be more urgent as we face the consolidation of power in the EU by the introduction of majority voting in November.
Is there anybody who can provide authoritative comment?
P.S. Further, is it not the case that Magna Carta's significance since 1689 is purely symbolic, without any legal force whatever? King John may have agreed to bind "our heirs in perpetuity" (Clause 1 re the English Church), but did not the Revolution put the monarchy on an entirely new basis? MC may be our Pole Star, but not our pilot."
Would you or anyone else from the Constitution Society be prepared to discuss the proposition that Britain's 1973 entry into the EEC was unconstitutional?
In particular, how do the 1689 Bill of Rights and the Monarch's Oath of Office bear on the issues?
(We leave aside for the moment the complications regarding the subsequent referendum of 1975, itself made questionable by the withholding from the public of intragovernmental legal and constitutional advice, and partisan misrepresentations to the public by the then Government, news media and other parties.)
Was our entry into the EEC in 1973 not ultra vires?
The debate must surely be more urgent as we face the consolidation of power in the EU by the introduction of majority voting in November.
Is there anybody who can provide authoritative comment?
P.S. Further, is it not the case that Magna Carta's significance since 1689 is purely symbolic, without any legal force whatever? King John may have agreed to bind "our heirs in perpetuity" (Clause 1 re the English Church), but did not the Revolution put the monarchy on an entirely new basis? MC may be our Pole Star, but not our pilot."
Dr Blick is on holiday, but I hope for a reply.
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