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Magna Carta Masquerade The New Carnival Company presents: IW Mardi Gras Saturday 27 June 2015 for Parliament in the Making Section 1: Foundations of Democracy 1. Magna Carta 2. Simon De Montfort’s Parliament 3. The Peasants Revolt 4. The Civil Wars 5. The Bill Of Rights 6. The People’s Charter DEMOCRACY 7. The Ballot Act Section 2: Equality for all 1. Votes for Women 2. Young People Matter 3. Racial Equality 4. Disability Discrimination EQUALITY EQUALITY 5. Human Rights Section 3: Celebration of Freedom 1. Freedom of Speech and the Press 2. Freedom to unite and to peaceful protest 3. Freedom from Slavery 4. Freedom of Expression FREEDOM 5. My Freedom Section One Sealed by King John at Runnymede Written in Medieval Latin on parchment States no free man shall be arrested, imprisoned or dispossessed without judgement of his peers or against the law of the land This charter has informed democratic constitutions around the world to this day Defeated King Henry III at Battle of Lewes 1264 Summoned both knights and burgesses to a Parliament, thus founding the House of Commons Was the first English Parliament to have elected representatives The ‘Model’ Parliament 1295 Triggered by an unfair tax waged to fund Richard II’s failing war in France After the Black Death, poor people became angry that they were still serfs, farming the land and serving their king. Revolt was defeated but its demands - less harsh laws, money for the poor, freedom and equality-all became part of democracy as we know it Charles I (Cavaliers) against Parliament (Roundheads) Arose out of dispute over powers of the monarchy and of religion Charles held at Carisbrooke Oliver Cromwell establishes a republic as Lord Protector Christmas cancelled in 1647 Was the first war played out with cannons and guns ‘The Glorious Revolution’ William of Orange and Mary crowned ‘on oath’ Limited royal power by law Freedom of speech and debate in Parliament Freedom to petition the King without being prosecuted Elections every three years Inspiration for America’s Bill of Rights First working class movement for political reform Against unfairness, corruption, distribution of power A vote for every man over 21 years of age. Demanded a secret ballot (instead of the system for voting in public) MPs do not have to own property MPs will be paid. Equal size voting constituencies. An election every year for Parliament Voting in secret A real extension of democracy Brought in by William Gladstone Houses of Parliament Climate of change post Industrial Revolution Women able to work, meet and campaign Part of the ‘Cause’ for women’s rights Activist Emmeline Pankhurst forms WSPU ‘Deeds not Words ‘ Role of women vital during first world war British women over 30 had the vote in 1918 Margaret Thatcher PM Factory Act of 1833 limited hours that children could work and introduced elementary schooling 1861 over 35,000 children under 12 lived and worked in workhouses 1870 first national framework for primary education 1944 Education Act raised school leaving age to 15, secondary education is free for all Bristol Bus Boycott of 1963 MP Enoch Powell’s racist River of Blood speech 1965 Race Relations Act bans discrimination and establishes Commission for Racial Equality Stephen Lawrence/ Macpherson Report in 2000 amends act to include Police Disability Discrimination Act 1998 (DDA) made it unlawful to discriminate against people because of disability Acknowledges a wide diversity of abilities and impairments Equality Act of 2010 Paralympics 2012 had a positive impact on the way disabled people are viewed by the public The right to life, liberty and freedom, by law Freedom of thought, religion and belief Education and free elections Free speech and peaceful protest Privacy and family life Fair trial, you are innocent until proven guilty Everyone’s rights are equal 1764 radical John Wilkes MP leads campaign for free speech and of the press 1803 Parliamentary debates first published House of Lords gets televised in 1964 – and radio broadcasts of both Houses from 1975 Speakers Corner 1833 ‘Tolpuddle Martyrs’. Workers form a friendly society to protest against wage cuts 1868 Trades Union Congress established 1871 Trade Union Act gave unions protection under law Employment Law Human Rights Act allows freedom to express yourself and to peaceful assembly. Abolition of Slavery 1838 Campaigners Wilberforce, Olaudah Equiano, Ignatius Sancho Impact on Carnival in the Caribbean – Canboulay/ Jouvay 2014 Modern Slavery Bill Article 10 of the Human Rights Act Everyone has the right of freedom of expression. Includes ‘freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without inference by public authority and regardless of frontiers’. 50th Anniversary of Notting Hill Carnival SEXUAL EQUALITY RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS Magna Carta Masquerade The New Carnival Company Contact us at The Coaching House Union Road, Ryde PO33 2ER 01983 716 095 thenewcarnivalcompany.com .
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