Great British National Restoration Framework

The state exists to protect the nation from both external and internal threats. In a minarchist framework this includes the general suppression of the initiation of serious force and fraud. We do not sacrifice civilisation for ideological purity.

Historically, 19th-century Britain — one of the closest real-world examples of a limited state — maintained public order with strict and certain punishments, including capital punishment for grave crimes. We draw from that precedent.

Prison is ineffective at removing dangerous individuals and imposes a heavy burden on taxpayers. Just sentences must deter future crime, provide restitution where possible, and permanently remove incorrigible threats.

Execution is justified for the most serious crimes: murder, rape, treason, and grievous bodily harm with intent. Fines, flogging, and restitution are the primary tools for lesser offences. Prison is used only for remand.

We apply a price-theory / aggregate value view of human life: those who impose massive uncompensated costs on society (especially repeat violent offenders) can have negative net value.

FLIP (Funding Liability Insurance Pivot) uses private insurance market signals to hold police leadership accountable. When crime-only insurance premiums rise year-on-year in a county, automatic deductions are made from senior officers’ pension contributions and redirected to frontline constable overtime.

This creates a powerful incentive alignment: senior police feel the cost of failure in their own pensions, while constables are rewarded when crime falls.

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Judges begin with a fixed salary of 4 troy pounds (48 oz) of gold per year. Twice annually, a randomly selected jury of British citizens reviews their decisions and votes to raise or lower their salary by 1 troy ounce. This makes judicial corruption extremely expensive and gives poor performers a strong incentive to improve or resign.

Read the full detailed breakdown of the Assize of Worth →

Every crime report receives a cryptographically signed autoreply confirming receipt. This eliminates plausible deniability by authorities and restores accountability in the justice system.

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• Historic Counties: Return to traditional 39 counties + Yorkshire ridings with elected sheriffs.
• Magistrates: Elected locally, handling minor district-level cases. They rotate and do not sit in their home area.
• Surveillance: No general right to privacy in public spaces. Public-key cryptography makes mandatory state digital ID unnecessary.

The state should recognise a legal personhood threshold (proposed at 24 weeks’ gestation). Before this point, decisions are left to individual valuation and private arrangements. After this point, abortion is treated as the killing of a legal person absent clear justification.

A justice system that is strong, certain, and proportionate — harsh on serious crime while structurally restrained from becoming another instrument of state expansion. Responsive to the public, not to central bureaucracy.