Thread by @EinsteinsAttic

Umm. Hasn't anyone at @MoJGovUK told @DominicRaab that a "Bill of Rights Bill" won't enter the statute books as a #BillOfRights (if passed) but only as a Bill of Rights *Act*?

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We still have to wait for the Bill to be published, of course - but the petty press release:

gov.uk/government/new…

makes it clear this isn't a #BillOfRights; it's not even a #BillOfGoods - it's a Bill of #Bads and #Wrongs that starts off poorly, and then gets even worse...

Even as it characterises #HumanRights claims as "trivial", the Government reveals its fatuity; the example it gives 👇 refers to a ruling that simply required the UK Courts to see through *their own process*!

Just how "trivial" does this Government consider #DueProcess to be??

And, on #constitutional detail, clause 1(1) is a mistake. @BorisJohnson's 2019 #manifesto promised to *update*, not "repeal and replace" #HRA1998; that's #Salisbury out the window.

Also note the second bit, on #JudicialReview - which @PritiPatel's #Rwanda flight plan ignored.

The rank #hypocrisy of this Bill is writ large on its face, and the #spin is completely at odds with reality.

But enough from me; here's @JoshuaRozenberg on how utterly 💩💩💩 it is:

rozenberg.substack.com/p/bill-of-righ…

To be absolutely clear, this is NOT a 'Bill of Rights' - rather it's a 'Bill to enable all the worst things Boris, Dom and Priti want to do'.

Just read how the Government describes it in its own words; it's all about THEIR powers and our 'responsibilities', #NotOURrights at all!

And a [Thread] of timely reminders from @hyjpang_ of how it's YOUR rights that are under attack here:

Very good post by @ProfMarkElliott:

publiclawforeveryone.com/2022/06/22/the…

And mini-[Thread] by me:



Though I do wish folks would stop adopting this Government's framing 👇 this is a #RightsRemovalBill, pure & simple - not a 'bill of rights' in any way, shape or form!