David Cameron was right to express said by Natalie Louise Bennett.

Natalie Louise Bennett is a British politician and journalist condemns government's "attacks on human rights". About 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta Green Party leader Natalie Bennett said: “David Cameron was right to express pride in the esteem in which the Magna Carta is held around the world as an early step towards basic human rights. And he was right to express concern about the ‘distortion and devaluation’ of those rights. And yet his government has been doing just that. “Judges have said that the benefit cap puts Britain in breach of its obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Yet he plans to tighten it.

Queen Elizabeth II 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta

 

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II unveiled a plaque at Runnymede, England, during a commemoration ceremony Monday, June 15, 2015, to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the groundbreaking accord called Magna Carta.

Magna Carta, on which King John placed his seal 800 years ago today, is synonymous in the English-speaking world with fundamental rights and the rule of law. It’s been celebrated, and appropriated, by everyone from Tea Party members to Jay Z, who called his latest album “Magna Carta Holy Grail.”

But its fame rests on several myths. First, it wasn’t effective. In fact, it was a failure. John was a weak king who had squandered the royal fortune on a fruitless war with France. Continually raising taxes to pay for his European adventures, he provoked a revolt by his barons, who forced him to sign the charter. But John repudiated the document immediately, and the barons sought to replace him. John avoided that fate by dying.