abstract:The English Convention (1689) was an irregular assembly of the Parliament of England which transferred the Crowns of England and Ireland from James II to William III. It differed from the English Convention (1660) in that it did not unconditionally restore the rightful and lawful monarch, but chose to justify the deposing of that monarch in favour of another, and also sought to introduce new laws and arrangements into the constitution.
This will be modelled on the highly successful cross-party Scottish Constitutional Convention, whose plan for a Scottish parliament is now being enacted by the government.
They not only conflict with the British government's incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights, currently passing through Parliament, but also with the civil-liberties pledges from both governments which infuse the entire Good Friday agreement.