An example of this is the "a free country" campaign launched in July 2001 which was a series of articles related to how the government was turning into a sort of "big brother" by the use of over 1.5 million CCTV cameras and the attempt to monitor emails.
The American system puts individual state law over federal law; this is another of their safeguards from tyrannical government. This would not be so practical in Britain however because of the size of the constituencies unlike America with states the size of whole European countries. The European parliament is the most potent weapon against a tyrannical government, not just in Britain but in other countries in Europe who have written constitutions. The European Parliament has authority than the British courts and government and therefore can protect citizens from legislation that is deemed unfair or against the traditions of the British constitution.
The second article has to do with the economy during the past and present times of Great Britain. Comparison between the present process of globalization and the international political economy created by Great Britain in the late 19th century sheds light on the relationship between states and markets and between public and private players. Both these key periods of capitalist development witnessed a strengthening of the sovereignty and hegemony of the two states that were the main protagonists. .
Britain's establishment of a competitive labor market in 1834 and its introduction of a free trade policy corresponded to the economic requirements of the new industrial caste and met the political demands of an expanding imperialist state. The aim was to consolidate and increase the comparative advantage Britain had gained over the other European nations thanks to the industrial revolution. But, as Karl Polanyi showed, there was nothing natural about the establishment of free markets in Britain.