The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will be central to Tory planning for the EU referendum. The Tory manifesto gave a clear commitment to scrap the 1998 Human Right Act (HRA) and curtail the role of the European Court of Human Rights. It seems likely that there will be a measure paving the way […]
Posts Tagged ‘Human Rights Act’
Human rights will shatter the myth that Cameron is in control of the UK’s destiny
May 20th, 2015 by Michael Meacher.
The Tories must not be allowed to dismantle the Human Rights Act
Dec 30th, 2013 by Michael Meacher.The Tories, helped by their lickspittle Tory tabloids, are building up a huge wave of hysteria not only against Romanian and Bulgarian immigramts, but also against the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and the Human Rights Act which it brought into UK law. They quote the large number of human rights cases taken to […]
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The human rights act is not enough – we need a codified constitution
Aug 19th, 2013 by Jonathan Biggins.For centuries the liberty of the British people was grounded upon the concept of negative liberty. People held the freedom to do as they wish up until they were limited by statute. The 1998 Human Rights Act changed this. Finally people were granted positive liberty: a set of apparently inalienable rights for all citizens, and […]
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How does Con-Dem Libertarianism stack up?
May 25th, 2010 by Liz Davies.New Labour’s shameful record on civil liberties could have allowed Nick Clegg and David Cameron to pose as defenders of human rights. The Liberal Democrats and the Tories had joined together to oppose new Labour’s 90-day and then 42-day detention without charge. They had defended the right to trial by jury.
