From The Scotsman:
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YOU may have missed the news item revealing that Gordon Brown had been cited for treason last week. And not only Mr Brown, but also Tony Blair, John Major, Margaret Thatcher, Jim Callaghan, Harold Wilson and Ted Heath. This parcel o' rogues was reported for treason by a "small group of patriotic and concerned constituents of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, led by retired Royal Engineers captain Peter Adams".
Under the auspices of UKIP (the United Kingdom Independence Party), they visited Kirkcaldy police station to make the grave accusation. UKIP said: "With evidence collected from official papers released under government rules, a dossier has been compiled with evidence of treason by Sir Edward Heath and members of his government in the preparation for joining the then Common Market. The original treaty and all consequent treaties were acts of treason as they intended to undermine the sovereignty of the United Kingdom. These treaties give the EU laws precedence over national laws." UKIP goes on to claim all the main parties are "committed to surrender our country to the political project of the EU".
Under the auspices of UKIP (the United Kingdom Independence Party), they visited Kirkcaldy police station to make the grave accusation. UKIP said: "With evidence collected from official papers released under government rules, a dossier has been compiled with evidence of treason by Sir Edward Heath and members of his government in the preparation for joining the then Common Market. The original treaty and all consequent treaties were acts of treason as they intended to undermine the sovereignty of the United Kingdom. These treaties give the EU laws precedence over national laws." UKIP goes on to claim all the main parties are "committed to surrender our country to the political project of the EU".
Couple that with the following report from the Daily Mail:
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Queen furious with Gordon Brown after she was not consulted on plans for patriotic oath
Gordon Brown was plunged into an embarrassing row with the Queen last night over plans for pupils to swear a patriotic oath.
The Mail on Sunday has been told by senior Royal sources that the Queen was angered by last week's controversial Government-commissioned report, which recommended school leavers should pledge an oath of allegiance – but not necessarily to the Monarch.
They made it clear that the Queen had nothing to do with the review on citizenship, carried out by former Attorney General Lord Goldsmith on the Prime Minister's orders.
Gordon Brown was plunged into an embarrassing row with the Queen last night over plans for pupils to swear a patriotic oath.
The Mail on Sunday has been told by senior Royal sources that the Queen was angered by last week's controversial Government-commissioned report, which recommended school leavers should pledge an oath of allegiance – but not necessarily to the Monarch.
They made it clear that the Queen had nothing to do with the review on citizenship, carried out by former Attorney General Lord Goldsmith on the Prime Minister's orders.
And finally - this news article from the BBC
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There are plans afoot to change the laws on treason in the UK, with a commission on citizenship led by Lord Goldsmith recommending reform, but what is the law ?
There is an awful lot of statute law in the UK that deals with treason.
But the most important part was first passed in England in 1351. And it is perhaps one of the few pieces of 14th Century legislation to be regularly discussed in the 21st Century.
The original law said: "When a Man doth compass or imagine the Death of our Lord the King, or of our Lady his Queen or of their eldest Son and Heir; or if a Man do violate the King's Companion, or the King's eldest Daughter unmarried, or the Wife the King's eldest Son and Heir; or if a Man do levy War against our Lord the King in his Realm, or be adherent to the King's Enemies in his Realm, giving to them Aid and Comfort in the Realm."
Or rather what the law actually said was in Norman French, but put succinctly in English, you can't kill, conspire against or wage war against the king and his family. You also can't have sex with his wife, heir's wife or his unmarried eldest daughter. And the act goes on to rule out actions against the chancellor, treasurer and various categories of senior judge.
There is an awful lot of statute law in the UK that deals with treason.
But the most important part was first passed in England in 1351. And it is perhaps one of the few pieces of 14th Century legislation to be regularly discussed in the 21st Century.
The original law said: "When a Man doth compass or imagine the Death of our Lord the King, or of our Lady his Queen or of their eldest Son and Heir; or if a Man do violate the King's Companion, or the King's eldest Daughter unmarried, or the Wife the King's eldest Son and Heir; or if a Man do levy War against our Lord the King in his Realm, or be adherent to the King's Enemies in his Realm, giving to them Aid and Comfort in the Realm."
Or rather what the law actually said was in Norman French, but put succinctly in English, you can't kill, conspire against or wage war against the king and his family. You also can't have sex with his wife, heir's wife or his unmarried eldest daughter. And the act goes on to rule out actions against the chancellor, treasurer and various categories of senior judge.
So - in summary - Gordon Brown's been accused of Treason, and a week or so afterwards, Lord Goldsmith issues a set of proposals that annoy's the Queen, including a rehash of the Treason law.
Anyone else find that slightly suspicious?