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What has been described as the first draft of Magna Carta was drawn up in the Abbey.

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David Davis

David Davis

Member of Parliament

Introduction – Runnymede and all that. Winston Churchill described the Magna Carta as “the foundation of principles and systems of government of which neither King John or his nobles dreamed”. Now in Politics we’re used to the law of unintended consequences...

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