In 2006, BBC History held a poll to recommend a date for a proposed "Britain Day". 15 June, which was the date of the original 1215 Magna Carta, received most votes, above other suggestions such as D-Day, VE Day, andRemembrance Day. The outcome was not binding, although the then Chancellor Gordon Brown had previously given his support to the idea of a new national day to celebrate British identity.[119] It was used as the name for an anti-surveillance movement in the 2008 BBC series The Last Enemy. According to a poll carried out by YouGov in 2008, 45% of the British public do not know what Magna Carta is.[120] However, its perceived guarantee of trial by jury and other civil liberties led to Tony Benn referring to the debate over whether to increase the maximum time terrorist suspects could be held without charge from 28 to 42 days as "the day Magna Carta was repealed".[121]
See also
- Ankerwycke Yew
- The Baronial Order of Magna Charta
- Cestui que
- Charter of the Forest
- Charter of Liberties
- Concordat of Worms
- Divine Right of Kings
- Fundamental Laws of England
- Henry de Bracton
- History of democracy
- History of human rights
- Human rights
- Magna Carta Place
- New Brabantian Constitution
- Quia Emptores
- Statutes of Mortmain
- subpoena ad testificandum
- Petition of Right
- Tax choice
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta
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