>>Not even close, let's take a basic fundamental US principle like the right to free speech, it doesn't exist in the UK. Sadly, this is correct, but I believe

>>Not even close, let's take a basic fundamental US principle like the right to free speech, it doesn't exist in the UK. Sadly, this is correct, but I believe the UK has less constrained speech than continental Europe. I'd love to see a right to free speech brought into force in the UK >>The UK has had relation ships with most of the European countries for longer than the US has existed. This is also true, but neglects the fact that US was founded by Britain and was a British colony for 170 years. US law is based on English common law.