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Adam Wagner
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Today is the 66th birthday of the European Convention on Human Rights (was signed 3 Sep 1953) 🎂 🎉 📜✍️. Thankfully we are remaining signatories despite Brexit, but Mark my words: once Brexit is done, the Brexiteers are coming for the ECHR
Despite being a huge force for good, the European Convention on Human Rights is not safe. We need to be vigilant 👀
Here it is, straight from the horse’s (Dominic Cummings’) mouth. They’re coming for the ECHR next
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These are the ingredients of the offence. I'm not sure it is sufficiently clear - beyond reasonable doubt - Parliament can compel Executive to take precise actions (though it may well be case) and also Boris can argue national interest was served therefore has a reasonable excuse
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Religious Jews would be unable to vote in this election as it will be on the first day of the festival of Sukkot.
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