While teachers are striking and this government argues strikes cause more harm than a lack of funding, we have the Freedom of Speech Higher Education Bill back in parliament tomorrow 🧵1/10
Today a thread of threads on the European Convention on Human Rights. It is worth understanding what the PM wants to get rid of. I will be building it during the day 1/? 🧵
It has always been a target and it depends on stirring up more fury about lawyers and the EU. It is about freedom from liability for much broader rights erosion
Narrow focus on deportations is intentional and also misleading 2/?
Cummings signposted this very early doors. No point getting rid of the Human Rights Act if folk can lean on the #ECHR when the selective impacts on local workers and consumers mount 3/?
Seems a very selective visit like Mr Johnson. Just when most of the Republicans are panicking about Biden's record job figures politico.com/news/magazine/…
I've spend quite a long time in a quandary about our slide in the country on human rights, while certain media obsess about free speech. Probably an example