Britain's legal structure is basically the same as in feudal times: laws are written for the elite.
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Laws are subordinate to custom.
Laws are the sovereigns of sovereigns.
At the moment we have a ruling class that has one law and the people the other.
Law gave me some structure... all these rules and internal disciplines.
A law is a law, and it has to be respected.
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them.
It is a dark, unspoken truth that the powerful - the 'ruling class' - make up the rules as they go along.
I was a Member of the European Parliament for a period of time and I saw a lot of European laws and treaties.
The problem is that the U.K. in essence is a feudal society. It's everyone in their place.
Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
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