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Magna Carta seminar on 29 June in Wellington

  • June 15th, 2008

As the charity known as the English Speaking Union does not have its own website here are the details of the seminar they have organised for Saturday fortnight.

ESU MAGNA CARTA IN THE ANTIPODES
Constitutional Seminar Brentwood Hotel Kilbirnie June 29th
REGISTRATION CLOSES JUNE 20TH.
SPEAKERS AND PANELLISTS INCLUDE.
His Excellency William. P. Cormick United States Ambassador.
Justice David Baragwanath.
Professor Noel Cox.
Professor Ngatata Love.
The Hon. Peter Dunne.
Dr.Malcolm McKinnon.
Graham Butterworth.
Stephen Franks.
Wayne Mapp M.P.
Keith Locke. M.P.
For information brochure and registration jim.barbara@xtra.co. nz
Or ESU 39a Whitemans Road Silverstream.

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I hope you’ll be addressing the insidious erosion of the civil rights that Magna Carta first enshrined. Fortunately NZ has not seen it to the same extent that the UK and US have, but the speed with which those countries have lost them should send shivers down our spines. We’ve just been lucky. It’s a lot easier for a small country to be overtaken by the forces of bureaucracy and statism, under the guise of security.

I expect the resigning shadow home secretary David Davis (see my weblink) will be much-quoted during the Magna Carta commemorations.

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Fascinating. Will the speeches be posted online?

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And with our Parliament about to abolish the right to a jury trial too…

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