Tories are wrong on Human Rights Act
Any attempt by a Tory government to repeal the HRA would harm Britain's relationship with Europe, leaving us out in the cold
Conservative party policy is to "replace the Human Rights Act, which has undermined the government's ability to deal with crime and terrorism, with a British bill of rights." The shadow justice minister, Dominic Grieve, does not explain how the act has undermined the government's powers, nor does he say how a bill of rights would differ from the European convention on human rights, to which the UK is a signatory.
The only country in Europe which has not adopted the convention is Belarus. Do the Conservatives really want to leave us out in the cold with a country whose president is described as "Europe's last dictator"?
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