valenciagill
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Is the UK about to leave the European Convention on Human Rights ?
Possibly going by what’s been said today. What’s the process of leaving do you know? Can the govt just do it unilaterally or does it have to be passed by parliament?
Are we opting out altogether? I haven't read anything recently but previously, I understood we were just looking at removing it from criminal legislation
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The Tories are facing huge pressure from an increasingly frustrated public.
I completely frustrated they are still in power and that the rule of low continually broken at a whim and that both human and workers rights are being slowly eroded
The ECHR was called for (and I believe he helped to set it up), by Mr Churchill.
Nowt to do with Blair, the left or the EU.
https://news.sky.com/story/amp/what...nd-why-does-it-trump-british-justice-12634344
What you can't ignore is the public doesn't like the idea of foreigners over-riding our highest court.
Brexit happened , but has unfinished business.
I really don't know much about it , but the govt is making noises.
The Tories are facing huge pressure from an increasingly frustrated public.
Look I know Mr Churchill’s mum was born in New York but it’s slightly unfair to consider him a foreigner.
Appreciate that, it was a "thing" for years (it was actually signed in Rome in 1950) but was made an act in law in 1998 and came into force in 2000. Many PMs may have spoken about wanting it, just have some (Cameron and May for example which is ironuc when it is a very "Tory" act) have spoken about opting out but it was during Blairs time that it came into force in this country.The ECHR was called for (and I believe he helped to set it up), by Mr Churchill.
Nowt to do with Blair, the left or the EU.
https://news.sky.com/story/amp/what...nd-why-does-it-trump-british-justice-12634344
Buddha's 'spineless left' ?
I really don't know much about it , but the govt is making noises.
The Tories are facing huge pressure from an increasingly frustrated public.
Why would they withdraw, it's one of the jokers they can play when they are troubled by bad headlines. Wedge politics is all that's left.
We have High Courts, an Appeals Court and a Supreme Court with the most eminent judges and best legal practitioners in the world who fully understand our legal system. Why do we need another level of appeal above that? Especially as the judges involved at the ECHR are less experienced and eminent and know less about our law than our own. Why should a someone from Estonia not legally qualified, which I understand one of the ECHR judges was one the Rwanda case, overrule the decision of our Supreme Court judges?
We don’t need the ECHR - our own appeal process is sufficient, has a enough levels and is ultimately decided by the most experienced and knowledgeable legal minds, so should Dutch the ECHR ASAP.