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Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey calls on Britain to have a “new Magna Carta” to protect the UK’s commitment to “universal human rights” which will be "resistant to authoritarian creeps like Donald Trump". Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Today, I want to call for something bold, something that this moment demands,
00:06and this party is uniquely placed to champion.
00:11A new Magna Carta for modern Britain.
00:15Not a literal rewriting of an 800-year-old document,
00:18but a renewed national commitment enshrined in law
00:22to the values that have always made Britain worth defending.
00:34The rule of law, with the courts always independent of political interference.
00:41A commitment to universal human rights
00:44that cannot be ripped up at the whim of a populist like Farage.
00:48Trial by jury.
00:51Yes, still a fundamental right that we hold dear.
01:02A democracy that is transparent, accountable and resistant to the authoritarian creep
01:09we see in other countries
01:11and resistant to the authoritarian creep Donald Trump.
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