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Conley
10-04-2011, 10:05 AM
Mrs May says today: “I see it, here in the Home Office, particularly, the sort of problems we have in being unable to deport people who perhaps are terrorist suspects. Obviously we’ve seen it with some foreign criminals who are in the UK.” The Coalition has set up a commission of human rights experts to report on the possibility of bringing in a British Bill of Rights to replace the Act by the end of next year.

Campaigners see the chances of the commission – which will report to Mr Clegg and Ken Clarke, the Justice Secretary – recommending any serious changes as negligible, however. There had been widespread belief that it would not recommend the abolition of the Human Rights Act because of the make-up of the panel, which includes pro-rights lawyers, and the determination of the Liberal Democrats to keep the legislation.

But the force and timing of Mrs May’s comments, just two weeks after Mr Clegg’s declaration, dramatically changes the political landscape.

The Home Office has itself begun a review into the particularly controversial Article 8 of the European Convention, which sets out the right to a “family life” and which campaigners say has been abused by criminals fighting deportation.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8801651/Home-Secretary-scrap-the-Human-Rights-Act.html

The right to a family life ??? Like we were discussing the other day, the London bombers had families. That's not a reason to allow them to stay in the country. Now those guys I guess came out of nowhere but it serves notice that chances can't be taken.

Mister D
10-04-2011, 10:30 AM
Seems suicidal, no? It's also quite unpopular.

Conley
10-04-2011, 10:38 AM
Seems suicidal, no? It's also quite unpopular.


Definitely.

Not only that, but also trying to have the same standard across all of the E.U. seems absurd.

Each country is very different, has very different ethnic and historical backgrounds and face different challenges.

Mister D
10-04-2011, 10:44 AM
Seems suicidal, no? It's also quite unpopular.


Definitely.

Not only that, but also trying to have the same standard across all of the E.U. seems absurd.

Each country is very different, has very different ethnic and historical backgrounds and face different challenges.


Some sort of confederation is probably a good thing but the current design and the current ideology is awful.