The Rule-of-Law Conservative Polishes Magna Carta

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Held Together By Latin Tags And Lunch

Held Together By Latin Tags And Lunch

Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat file this dispatch from the political right wing frontier.

The Rule-of-Law Conservative believes the country runs on dusty courtrooms, well-bound statutes and the quiet menace of a magistrate at lunchtime. Our editor Alan Nafzger, of The London Prat, files these field notes on the Rule-of-Law Conservative mindset, with help from the UK Judiciary and The Law Society.

Twenty Things You Learn Watching Rule-of-Law Conservative In The Wild

  1. Refers to Magna Carta the way some men refer to a favourite hymn.
  2. Has a fantasy in which the Lord Chief Justice gives him a nod.
  3. Believes any law worth keeping has at least one Latin tag.
  4. Has explained, at a wedding, that the rule of law is also infrastructure.
  5. Refers to judicial activism as the slow drift.
  6. Considers any sentence beginning with no person shall a small national poem.
  7. Has a binder of leading cases sorted by century.
  8. Refers to barristers as the dignified end of the profession.
  9. Believes any new statute should be tested against an old one for politeness.
  10. Has explained that the unwritten constitution is, in fact, very heavily underlined.
  11. Refers to the Supreme Court as the highest committee in the land.
  12. Considers any government legislation that is rushed a sort of bad weather.
  13. Has a soft spot for habeas corpus and a stronger one for due process.
  14. Refers to Strasbourg as the office that occasionally rings.
  15. Believes any constitutional reform should sleep on it.
  16. Has explained that the rule of law is, fundamentally, a quiet hum.
  17. Refers to the legal profession as the only honest priesthood.
  18. Considers any breach of separation of powers a personal insult.
  19. Has a fantasy in which The Law Society sends a thank you.
  20. Believes the country is held together by judges, jurors and a long lunch.

Closing Note From The Editor

If any of the above sounds familiar, you have been to a Tory dinner, a Reform UK rally, or a slightly tense Christmas. More dispatches at govna.uk and the parent site prat.uk. For a second opinion that is also wrong, see The Daily Mash.

SOURCE: https://prat.uk/category/politics/

SOURCE: The London Prat