Could the UK ever leave the EU Human rights...

[MadMullah]

Could or would the UK ever leave the EU court system to set and legally enforce its own British Bill of rights?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12522239

[markh1973]

Not according to Ken Clarke - he also has previously expressed his strident views on the concept of a British Bill of Rights.


http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Clarke-Backs-Huma...

[powerstroke]

markh1973 said:

Not according to Ken Clarke - he also has previously expressed his strident views on the concept of a British Bill of Rights.


http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Clarke-Backs-Huma...

hopefully he will do something usefull soon... like retiring what a wker he is

[MadMullah]

I think somewhere along the lines someone has to take the stance that we do need to leave the council of europe to make sure we can back our own laws.

the whole sex offenders register story is a prime example of good laws being undermimed.

[Victor McDade]

No, never! Labour and the Lib Dems would never go down this route and even the Tories have given up.

[JagLover]

Victor McDade said:

No, never! Labour and the Lib Dems would never go down this route and even the Tories have given up.

The Tories can't do anything while in coalition with the Lib Dems a purely Tory government would perhaps be a different matter.

[Pupp]

Would be quite a feat to leave something that doesn't exist; there is no EU court that has human rights jurisprudence. The European Court of Human Rights is a completely different animal from the EU.

And, given that the European Convention on Human Rights was a product of drafting by UK lawyers, I imagine we will be subscribing for some time to come...

[Fittster]

JagLover said:

Victor McDade said:

No, never! Labour and the Lib Dems would never go down this route and even the Tories have given up.

The Tories can't do anything while in coalition with the Lib Dems a purely Tory government would perhaps be a different matter.

Examples of the Conservatives actually withdrawing from European bills are where exactly? From the Thatcher/Major days I recall lots of posturing from back bench MPs then the government signing up.

Thatcher went into the ERM and Major signed the Maastricht Treaty.