Britain in 1997 was a barbarous time. Slavery was a way of life. Censorship was rife. Habeas corpus was unheard of. The tyranny of John Major suspended elections, and locked up and prosecuted people in kangaroo courts for made-up crimes.
Oh wait.
Oh wait.
https://twitter.com/operasocialist/status/1930982810170400932
To everybody pointing out we were signatories to the ECHR in the 1950s:
Yes I know. It’s called a joke x
Yes I know. It’s called a joke x
There is a more serious point though: the ECHR only started seriously influencing domestic law when it was incorporated in 1998.
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