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Not to want to lose my human rights on the whim of a government minister?

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SecondRateFrog · 17/10/2021 18:45

Dominic Raab says he wants to bring in a system which allows the Government to legislate against UK court judgements in human rights cases if it doesn't like them. Without going through a debate or a vote in Parliament.
Is this the end of the role of the courts in our democracy?
"Raab threat to ‘correct’ court judgments is ‘deeply troubling’, warn legal experts"
It's in The Telegraph too.
uk.yahoo.com/news/raab-threat-correct-court-judgments-144345935.html

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DrBlackbird · 24/10/2021 22:23

Maybe some democratic and meaningful debate that represented the UK’s interest in the EU parliament could’ve happened if there had been fewer dog lazy UK MEPs?

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ukip-meps-attend-fewest-european-parliament-votes-any-party-eu-s-28-countries-10316962.html

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