Don't let EU claim our justice
Justice and Home Affairs is not just about stopping burglars. It is the heart of state power, for it includes the power to put people in prison. Whoever holds this power has everything.
The EU now wants to take this power. It has asked us to give up the veto, and on September 22 there will be a meeting of Justice Ministers to decide.
What the people of Britain must realise is that our continental "partners" subscribe to a very different set of values in matters of justice. None of their systems of justice include our legal safeguards of freedom such as habeas corpus and trial by jury.
There is clear evidence that the central bodies of the EU want a single system of criminal justice for Europe, including the British Isles.
In 1997, the Commission produced a blueprint for an EU-wide "embryo criminal code", called Corpus Juris, based entirely on continental, inquisitorial principles. Once the veto is gone, there will be no way of stopping Corpus Juris.
Save habeas corpus! Save trial by jury.
John Lloyd, Telford
