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It was recently that Theresa May talked about removing human rights to fight terrorism (I can't remember after which attack it was, but one of the ones in the p
by corin_ 9y ago
It was recently that Theresa May talked about removing human rights to fight terrorism (I can't remember after which attack it was, but one of the ones in the past few months) - but her bad track record goes back further than that.
Even before the Brexit referendum she was on the record, when she was Home Secretary, as wanting to leave the European Court of Human Rights.
“The ECHR can bind the hands of parliament, adds nothing to our prosperity, makes us less secure by preventing the deportation of dangerous foreign nationals – and does nothing to change the attitudes of governments like Russia’s when it comes to human rights,” she said.
“So regardless of the EU referendum, my view is this: if we want to reform human rights laws in this country, it isn’t the EU we should leave but the ECHR and the jurisdiction of its court.”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/25/uk-must-leave-european-convention-on-human-rights-theresa-may-eu-referendum https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/25/uk-must-lea...
Her reaction to the terrorist attack(s) is just her finding a new excuse to justify what doing what she wanted to do already. A horrible, horrible person.
- gsnedders 9y ago> It was recently that Theresa May talked about removing human rights to fight terrorism (I can't remember after which attack it was, but one of the ones in the past few months) - but her bad track record goes back further than that. This has been her reaction to every single terrorist attack going back years and years. Note there's been talk about a "British Bill of Rights" along these lines for years, and there's still no proposal for how it would differ to the ECHR beyond removing jurisdiction of the ECtHR.