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Friends and readers. Under our Constitution there are no formal guarantees of liberty apart from the declarations of rights contained in the ancient charters and the restrictions on the arbitrary power of the Crown imposed by the Revolution Settlement of 1688.

We the citizens may go where we please and do or say what we please,  provided we do not commit offences against the criminal law or infringe the rights of others. If his legal rights are infringed by others, e.g. by trespassing upon his property or defaming his reputation, he may protect himself by the remedies provided by the law.

It is in the law of crimes and tort and contract, part of the ordinary law of the land, and not in any fundemental constitutional law, that the citizen finds protection for his political liberty, whether it is infringed by officials or by fellow citizens. In times of emergency the Executive is accorded special powers by Parliament, but there are no formal guarantees- such are to be found in a constitutional code formally enacted-which have to be suspended.

Hope that clears that up. Or is it as clear as mud?

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