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The bits of Magna Carta that David Cameron won’t want taught in schools

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21 June 2014

8:00 AM

21 June 2014

8:00 AM

The not-so-great charter

David Cameron wants every child to be taught about Magna Carta. Some bits he might want to leave out:
— ‘If one who has borrowed from the Jews any sum, great or small, die before that loan be repaid, the debt shall not bear interest while the heir is under age.

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