Thread by @libertyhq

BREAKING

On the day the Government's #HumanRightsAct consultation closes, new polling shows the public reject Gov's agenda of attempting to make itself untouchable.

The Government wants to rip up our #HumanRightsAct.

The only people who benefit from weakening rights are those in power - and that's a Gov that's also:

🔘making it harder to challenge it in court
🔘criminalising protest
🔘stopping people voting
🔘dodging scrutiny from MPs

Gov's agenda: stop people challenging it and rewrite the rules to make itself untouchable.

But new polling from @nfp_Research shows:

81% of people say governments must not make themselves unaccountable

80% say people should be able to stand up to power and challenge injustice

After months of evidence of consistent rule-breaking at No 10, the damning poll goes on to show:

84% of people believe no one, incl those in power, should be above the law

85% say MPs should follow the rules they set
libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/liberty-…

In a functioning democracy, people must be able to hold the powerful to account.

For more than 20 years the Human Rights Act has enabled people to do just that.

Don't let Gov make itself untouchable.

🚨URGENT: sign the petition to #SaveYourRights today
action.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/100020/pe…