British Democracy firmly believe the British Isles is long overdue for a fully ratified and codified in law a fully written Constitution and British declaration of basic human rights. We acknowledge that there are many rights within the British Isles that are in writing, a good example if the Bill of Rights from 1660, and many people often cite Magna Carta (June 1215) as a source of citizen rights, but these are old documents, the world has changed, attitudes have changed and how we are governed has changed, and needs to change more.

Since these documents were written they have been supplanted by later legislation that incorporated these rights and privileges into law, but we believe it is time for a single document that can codify basic principles to protect citizens, prevent Government over reach and ensure that these principles are taught in schools but also so they can be held up by citizens of other nations as a template for what they may desire for their nation – The Bill of Rights 1660 was actually a blueprint for the 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights which also became the blueprint for the Declaration of Independence of the USA.

There is no point rehashing the past and discussing the good and bad within the Magna Carta, Bill of Rights or even the USA Constitution, that will help no-one and the latter is for citizens of the USA to decide on changes – and we all know it needs them.

We propose the following.

The British Constitution and Human Rights Declaration Act

An Act to make provision for and to protect the rights of citizens of the British Isles, to declare that all citizens are created equal and have equal rights and that no individual, Government, agency thereof, officer thereof or any other body, group or organisation can remove or alter these rights, these rights are unalienable and fixed.

Chapter 1: Rights and Priviledges

1. The rights and priviledges codified in this document cannot be cercumvented, curtailed, removed or altered.
2. All citizens of these Islands are created equal and have the same rights as all other persons who are citizens of these Islands.
3. All citizens of these Islands have the right to life, liberty and security of their person.
4. All citizens of these Islands have the right to access adequate “free at the point of use” medical care at all times.
5. All citizens of these Islands has the right to free and unhindered education free of political or religious interference to the maximum of their abilities. The Minimum education they are entitled to cannot be less than 15 years.
6. All citizens of these Islands have the right to be free from molestation by the Government, agencies of the Government or Officers or employees of any Government body, directly or indirectly or via third parties so they are not in fear for their life, liberty, freedom or privacy.
7. All citizens have the right to free movement within these Islands or travel to lands beyond these Islands borders.
8. No citizen of these Islands may be held, sold or forced into slavery or servitude either within the borders of these Islands or in lands beyond the borders of these Islands.
9. The Citizens of these Islands shall not hold peoples of lands beyond our borders in slavery, servitude, subjugation or otherwise make them subject to the control of citizens of these Islands. Where there are lands that may fall into one of these categories, such as British Overseas Territories, they must undertake a free, open and fair election to retain the relations with these Islands, or to become an independent state.
10. No Citizen of these Islands can be subjected to torture, cruelty, inhumane or degrading punishment or treatment.
11. Every citizen of these Islands will have the same rights before the law.
12. Every citizen of these Islands has the right to view all information held in their name by Government agencies, bodies or parties (Individuals or organisations) acting on their behalf.
13. Every citizen of these Islands has the right, without hindrence, to peaceful public gatherings without limitation by the security forces or any other party under the control or direction of any Government agency, Office or department of these Islands.
14. Every citizen of these Islands has the right to peaceful protest before the Government, Government Bodies, Agencies, or organisations without hindrance from security forces of these Islands.
15. No Citizen of the Islands shall be subject to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
16. All citizens of these Islands, who may be charged with penal offences, are entitled to a fair hearing before an independent tribunal.
17. Penal Tribunals shall, at all times, ensure all persons charged with penal offences are represented by legally trained representatives at all times and that all persons recieve an unbiased hearing, free from political or other interference to ensure fairness and impartiality.
18. No Citizen of these Islands can be held in controvention of any laws in a retrospective manner.
19. Every citizen has the right to seek employment with whom so ever they may choose and cannot be barred from said employment except where such employment has special provisions in place for public safety.
20. No Citizen of these Islands can be stripped of thier nationality or allegiance  to these Islands.
21. All citizens of these Islands who meet nationally determined age criteria are free to choose and cohabit or marry with any other citizen of these Islands or those of any other lands beyond the borders of these Islands.
22. Every citizen of these Islands has the right to own property within the borders of these Islands or within the borders of lands beyond these Islands.
23. Every citizen of these Islands has the right to freedom of thought.
24. Every citizen of the Islands has freedom of expression. The Government may not make any laws that prevent the freedom of expression except where this freedom conflicts with other freedoms and priviledges in this document.
25. Every citizen of these Islands has freedom of speech. The Government may not make laws to restrict freedom of speech except where this freedom conflicts with other freedoms and priviledges in this document.
26. Every citizen of these Islands has the right to join any legal association. The Government may not make any laws that restrict the ability of any individual to join any legal body.
27. Every citizen of these Islands has the right to stand for election in any level of Governance within the borders of these Islands.
28. All citizens of these Islands not only have the right but are are required to vote in regional and national elections and refrendums when they are so called.
29. Every citizen of these Islands has the right to start any association they choose, this may be charitable, religious, political or commercial in nature.
30. No citizen of these Islands can be mandated to become a member of any Government Agency, security force or armed forces unless there has been an approved “state of war” declared by the Government and approved by the electorate.
31. The Government of these Islands cannot make a declaration of War on any other party or state without the agreement and authorisation of no less than 70% of the population of these Islands, except where these Islands come under the direct attack from any other nation state or beligerant force.
32. No citizen, who is a volunteer member of the armed services, can be compelled to undertake action on behalf of the Government in lands beyond the borders of these Islands except where a declared “state of war” exists and has been approved by the electorate. Those joining the armed services shall be free to opt out of this freedom but they must not be coesced to do so or hindered should they choose not to.
33. The Government of these Islands will not undertake any espionage activities outside the borders of these Islands unless a “declaration of War” has been announced and approved by the electorate.
34. All citizens of these Islands who are over the age of 21, have the right to hold any weapons that may be reasonably used for self defence in the home, on their land or the defence of the nation in the event of attack by a nation state or terrorist. The Government may not make laws that restrict these rights except where they can reasonably show, in an independent tribunal, that the individual lacks the mental state to hold such weapons, may be reasonably believed to use them to commit penal offences or has any connection to any prescribed and banned organisation or internationally recognised terrorist organisation.
35. All citizens of these Islands who have been judged by an independent tribunal to be incarerated for the protection of society must be treated in a humane manner without fear of isolation, intimidation, torture, indeterminant sentences, and must be provided with adequate food, water and clothing, association and exercise.
36. The Government, agencies of or officers of may restrict, prevent or refuse access to any information, document, book or other publication.
37. All elected Government officers and representatives shall be elected by a majority of the population in all local, regional and national elections.
38. Persons wishing to stand for election to any political office do not need to be a member of any political association (Party) and cannot be forced to join any such association or party.
39. The People of the Islands have the right to demand any elected official stand down if 60% of the population make such a demand.
40. No elected office can be passed on to any other person without an election, the person incumbant in that post shall step aside and thie deputy shall assume their duties pending the results of an election that must take place within 30 days of that persons resignation, death, declaration of incapacity by medical experts or demands by the electorate.
41. If the member of an elected office is convicted of any penal laws that would prevent their ability to adequately prosecute their duties in office, they must immediately step down and their deputy to take over pending an election which must occur with 30 days.
42. No citizen of these Islands who has been found guilty of the following penal offences, whether the offence was prosecuted in these Islands or in lands beyond our borders,  may stand or hold any office in Government, elected, selected or employed in any manner. Cautions for any offence should be ignored if they are more than 5 years old.
    1. Fraud
    2. Deception
    3. Bribery
    4. Terrorism related offences
    5. Sexual offences
    6. Human trafficking.
    7. Money Laundering
    8. Common Assault
    9. Battery
    10. Grevious Bodily Harm
    11. Attempted Murder
    12. Murder
    13. Manslaughter
    14. Any offence  of coerscion or psychological control.
    15. Crimes against Children
    16. Illegal use or ownership of a weapon that is controlled by an act of parliament.
    17. Deported from any land outside the borders of these Islands due to being convicted of penal offences in that land.
    18. Insurrection.
    19. Incitement to violence
    20. Incitement to cause Insurrection.
43. All citizens of these Islands have the right to raise concerns, complaints or discuss any issue that they are interested in with their elected representative within 14 days of making any such application.
44. The Governments of these Islands, local, regional and National, must publish all financial information pertaining to the running of their respective jurisdiction for every Government Department on a monthly basis as well as a compiled end of year financial statement in April of each year.
45. The Government of these islands must publish a projection of their operating costs, expenses and other capital projects costs no less than 30 days before the final annual financial statement is publish in April of each year.
46. The Governments of these Islands, local, regional and National, must make available to all interested citizens of these Islands, any and all information that they so desire to see. An exception may be where such information would compromise the safety of an individual, the national security of these Islands or in any other way breach any other parts of this declaration. The citizen has the right to appeal and such refusal to an independent arbitration tribunal who will decide if the information should be released in full, redacted, or the refusal stands.
47. The Governments of these Islands, local, regional and National, must, at all times, ensure that any and all laws ratified into statute are made in a manner to not undermine any of the provisions of this declaration.
48. The primary responsibility for any Government, local, regional and National, of these Islands, is the health, wealth, safety and secuity of the individual citizens of these Islands.
49. Each of the Counties of the Islands shall be represented by an elected Mayor, they will complete the Upper House of Parliament and shall be constituted with a Mayor representing any population up to a maximum of 500,000, however, where the population exceeds this figure, but is less than a multiple thereof, another Mayor shall be elected and the territory divided equally by population.
    1. The Counties of the nations that constitute the British Isles, where they have chosen to remain within the structure of the United Kingdom or the Federal State shall be represented in the upper house of the Union or Federal Government thus.
       1. England – 128 Mayors
       2. Wales – 22 Mayors
       3. Scotland – 33 Mayors
       4. Ireland – 33 Mayors
       5. Jersey – 1 Mayor
       6. Guernsey – 1 Mayor
       7. Aldernay – 1 Mayor
       8. Isle of Wight – 1 Mayor
       9. Scilly Isles – 1 Mayor
    2. British Overseas territories (If they have undertaken a referendum to join the Federal structure or remain under the control of the UK) 1 Mayor for every 500,000 of population.
    3. At no point can the maximum number of Mayors exceed 300 without a referendum of the people.
50. All citizens of these Islands have the right to not declare any penal offence committed to any third party if the following conditions are met.
    1. The sentence given has been completed plus 24 months.
    2. The Offence was not of a sexual nature.
    3. The Offence was not related to terrorism.
    4. If the offence was Fraud or deception, a period of not less than 5 years from the completion of sentence has passed, but only if the citizen will have responsibility for financial matters.
    5. The Offence did not involve a weapon, or was manslaughter or murder.
51. The nations that form the British Isles shall form a joint defence alliance, this alliance would extend to any territories or Lands that choose to Join the Union or Federal state, each region of the each nation shall raise a Defence Force to protect its borders and citizens from hostile external forces.
52. Each County of each nation shall have defence forces stationed within it to provide sufficient defence as required by the Region.
53. Each County shall have a training centre in any population centre exceeding a population of 75,000 which shall train all of the able bodied adult population between the ages of 20yrs and 70yrs to use firearms and to undertake guerilla warfare in the event of attack by a beligerant force. A minimum of 120 centres must be in place around the British Isles. Each training centre must be able of training 50 persons at a time.
54. All able bodied adults between the ages of 20yrs and 70yrs will be required to train with the defence forces sufficiently to give them instruction on how to use fire arms and undertake guerilla warfare if these Islands came under attack by a beligerant force. Exceptions would be those who are working in the medical profession, Firefighters, those already serving with the Defence Forces and those who can be shown to be medically unfit for such duties.
55. In times of emergency, the Regional Defence forces may be called upon to defend all regions of the Islands and any lands beyond ourt borders to which we have a mutual defence agreement.
56. The Islands will not have any Nuclear Weapons, but retain the right to maintain Nuclear powered submarine and surface fleets for defensive purposes. Such vessels would only be armed with weapons utilising conventional chemical warheads.
57. Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for the State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.