This was the reason the Bill of Rights Commission (the last time this was looked at in 2012) said that there should be a UK Bill of Rights webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130206065653…
Highly recommend @HelenaKennedyQC @philippesands riposte to that idea lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v35/…
Highly recommend @HelenaKennedyQC @philippesands riposte to that idea lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v35/…
@HelenaKennedyQC @philippesands A few exerts from the LRB article. Really a must read to see where we are likely to end up with this "commission" given that many of the influential figures on the right are the same.
On true motives, I believe this remains the case
On true motives, I believe this remains the case
@HelenaKennedyQC @philippesands And here they sound a warning over exactly the point being made by Geoffrey Cox (who may chair new commission) - first, no good evidence British people don't feel they "own" the Human Rights Act or Convention, but in any case it is a Trojan horse for diminution of rights
@HelenaKennedyQC @philippesands And for good measure, a nice reminder of how the European Convention on Human Rights was crafted by Churchill and Tory Home Secretary David Maxwell-Fyfe
