Well given the essential Magna Carta actually survived, as the later emancipation act, we need to ensure it remains as the very foundation stone of democracy it was intended to be; that reduced the absolute powers of a monarch to rule by divine (born to rule) right.
And worthless if we're ever ruled by elected (born to rule) dictators/power hungry petty tyrants/corporate psychos!
This is simply not good enough your Honor!
And allows those with conferred authority to behave as if we had no actual rights/withdraw those we have now on mere caprice or whim?
Yes sure, we can apply to the courts, for an injunction or a measure of protection, and that generally means those with the most real rights, "civil liberties" are those with the most money, and able to afford $600.00 an hour silks, let alone appeal courts and the usually prohibitively expensive high court!
Hell, we have pensioners/domestics/hospitality workers, who don't even earn that much in a week/40 hours!
The only real right the common herd actually posses, is the right to elect our representatives, and we would do far better with far fewer lawyers, who seem to look after their own rather than the common herd?
And of course they and the courts, who allegedly uphold our "civil liberties", don't want that particular gravy train unwound!
Hence the self evident resistance to an irrevocable bill of rights by lawyers, particularly those handed the greatest parliamentary power!?
Civil rights need to be just that and automatically applicable, rather than only actually applied or real, if one can afford to engage a lawyer/legal firm!
Nobody should spend even so much as an hour with their civil liberties suspended, by unlawful incarceration, or be effectively silenced, or unable to assemble.
If you can't assemble/speak your mind, what follows that?
The rejection of unions, protest marches, various religious activities/religions.
They wouldn't do any of that would they? Well?
Trust us, we're politicians, dedicated to serve the electors, and not vested interest or self!
ICAC anyone?
Rhrosty.