Hambrook Publishing Company Portsmouth A NEW PUBLICATION The Briton's Quest for Freedom - Our unfinished journey ... To buy this book input the number 1 in the field and click on the button Purchase Copy: The Briton's Quest Goods provided by BrowsaWorks.com (distributor) (Portsea Isle, United Kingdom) Sold by 2CheckOut.com Inc. (Ohio, USA). Please note that during the following step you can select another currency by clicking on the appropriate flag. Current exchange rates apply Author: Hector W. McNeill1 ISBN: 978-0-907833-01-7 Price: US$34.00 (Paperback) Size & format: 418 pages, 234x156 mm Estimated publication date: 4th July, 2007 Description: An original and important new work Clearly written, insightful analysis of the principal constraints on individual freedom Provides specific solutions integrated into an inspiring vision for a new British constitution Mid seventeenth century constitutional proposals to make people free and happy saw universal suffrage as a basis to form governments. The desire was for a supreme Parliament made up of faithful representatives reflecting the consent and the free will of the people. After 350 years no part of the United Kingdom enjoys this state of affairs. Parliament is subservient to the Prime Minister and government of the day. Representation in Parliament is exclusively that of political parties. The free expression of the people as reflected in their preferences is effectively ignored. Party whips enforce double cross-assembly voting so that political parties with the support of less than 20% of the electorate can enforce their own legislative preferences on the majority. The Briton's Quest for Freedom analyses how this happens. Some 50 significant constraints on individual freedom are identified including abuses in the areas of non-criminal law arising through a failure to apply juries. These failures deny the people of Britain a more open and direct freedom of expression. This has encouraged a disintegration of the unity of the Kingdom heralding a diminishment in international power. This only serves the direct interests of all foreign states for it serves to enhance their own relative status with respect to Britain. The Briton's Quest for Freedom identifies the missing constitutional elements, laws and principles and applies these to the electoral and legislative cycle to demonstrate how a supreme Parliament, reflecting the free will of the people, can be formed and how it would operate. The resulting system of governance is more responsive to national electorate preferences than existing devolved assemblies. The minority principle is an original constitutional principle introduced by this book. It stops legislators ignoring electorate preferences and encourages a positive support for the individual freedom of all Britons no matter where they live on the Isles. The book contains a comprehensive notes and references section, provides an ENMT glossary for those readers for whom English is Not their Mother Tongue and a General Synopsis of the Scope of the book and Chapter Summaries. This is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of British political life Readership: General public, human rights advocates, scholars, students of political science, British politics, constitutional law, political history, religion, morals & ethics as well as politicians, political journalists and anyone with an interest in British political life. Contents 1 The Issue, Signs & Approach 2 Families 3 Comity & Secularity 4 A Proposition - 1649 5 A Trial by Jury - 1670 6 The Majority Principle 7 A General Election 8 Parliament 9 House of Lords 10 Juries 11 Life 12 A Proposition - 358 years on 13 A Trial by Jury - 337 years on 14 The Power Strategy 15 The Economy & Policy Initiatives 16 A United Kingdom? 17 Party Funding & Electoral Reform 18 A Final Transition 19 Essential Components 20 The Case for Juries 21 Individual Identities 22 Knowledge & Preferences 23 The Minority Principle 24 The Perfection of our Democracy 25 A General Election 26 Parliament 27 House of Lords 28 Juries 29 Life 30 Sovereignty 31 A Constitution Closer to Home 32 Notes, ENMT guide, Synopsis & Author info 1 The author, Hector McNeill was born in Portsmouth in 1944 and was educated at Friend's School, Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, Portsmouth Southern Grammar School, Hampshire and Clare College Cambridge where he read agriculture and post graduate political economy. He also completed post-graduate studies at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, in international development economics and systems engineering. He is director of the Systems Engineering Economics Laboratory and holds voluntary positions in nongovermental organizations concerned with minority and mainstream emancipation. He is married to Maria Elisabeth and they have a daughter.

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