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So what is this Tory proposal for a Bill of Rights?

One proposal I've heard is to make this new bill of rights identical to the HRA but add the proviso that only Strasbourg case-law that came from rulings involving the UK can be applied by UK courts. In other words, overall ECtHR case-law won't apply, unless you appeal to the court and get them to make a summary judgement. Although this is streamlined under Protocol 14 and should be quicker to achieve, I'm sure it'll still annoy the court and the Council of Europe who are desperately trying to reduce the case-load of the court. In other words, it's a childish move.

6-May-2010

8:51 pm