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dipsydoodle

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Thu Jul 17, 2014, 05:56 AM Jul 2014

Tories 'to challenge European court with British bill of rights'

David Cameron is heading for a major showdown over Europe with a plan to assert the supremacy of parliament over the European court of human rights to avoid a repeat of the rows over the deportation of foreign criminals, the BBC has reported.

Nick Herbert, the former Tory justice minister, endorsed the proposed changes in a new British bill of rights which would mean that parliament would rule on what constitutes a breach of human rights.

The radical changes, which risk Britain's expulsion from the Council of Europe, the pan-European human rights watchdog, are possible after the prime minister's abrupt sacking of the attorney general, Dominic Grieve, in this week's reshuffle.

Grieve described the changes as a "legal car crash with a built-in time delay", according to the BBC, which also reported that William Hague, who lost his job as foreign secretary this week, has expressed doubts.

The changes, drawn up by a group of Tory lawyers, are expected to be unveiled at the Conservatives' annual conference in the autumn for inclusion in the party's general election manifesto. They are designed to encourage a change of behaviour by the Strasbourg-based court, according the BBC.

http://www.theguardian.com/law/2014/jul/17/tories-challenge-european-court-human-rights-british-bill-rights

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Tories 'to challenge European court with British bill of rights' (Original Post) dipsydoodle Jul 2014 OP
you wouldn't have thought that "Vote For Us To Remove Many Of Your Civil Rights" .... non sociopath skin Jul 2014 #1

non sociopath skin

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1. you wouldn't have thought that "Vote For Us To Remove Many Of Your Civil Rights" ....
Fri Jul 18, 2014, 06:22 AM
Jul 2014

.... would be an effective Clarion Call, would you?

But I fear that the sheeple might go for it ....

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