Fair enough. I suspect the big issue here is less what the ECHR says and more about the caselaw and conventions have developed around it. UK Government has spoken about this and seems to be aiming to legislative to address it within the UK. This is obviously the right thing to do, but is likely to complex to be widely understood by a public who are now constantly hammered with the ‘we must join Putin in rejecting the ECHR’ narrative from all the people who used to blame the EU for everything wrong in their lives.
StGuthlac2025 on
The issue will be even if it has got wide spread support, all signatory nations need to agree to substantial changes and it would end up taking years, even up to a decade. Too late for Starmer. Reform will continue with their rhetoric to leave the ECHR and who knows may actually try to
KernowKermit on
On the face of it, this is the closest we’ve come to an admission that we have a problem at least. No doubt it will be met with much clapping and barking by the beach seals who up until now have been pushing the opposite narrative.
Quirky_Zombie_5368 on
Human rights will be erased for everyone in the process, clever.
BarnabusTheBold on
No problem with it in theory. I’ve been suggesting for years that revising the various refugee treaties is the only solution.
HOWEVER
>> Sir Keir Starmer has urged European leaders to reform human rights laws to make it easier to deport illegal migrants
This has fuck all to do with ‘illegal migrants’. Why do they insist on lying and using divisive, misleading language even when ostensibly they’re engaged in something sensible and productive.
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Fair enough. I suspect the big issue here is less what the ECHR says and more about the caselaw and conventions have developed around it. UK Government has spoken about this and seems to be aiming to legislative to address it within the UK. This is obviously the right thing to do, but is likely to complex to be widely understood by a public who are now constantly hammered with the ‘we must join Putin in rejecting the ECHR’ narrative from all the people who used to blame the EU for everything wrong in their lives.
The issue will be even if it has got wide spread support, all signatory nations need to agree to substantial changes and it would end up taking years, even up to a decade. Too late for Starmer. Reform will continue with their rhetoric to leave the ECHR and who knows may actually try to
On the face of it, this is the closest we’ve come to an admission that we have a problem at least. No doubt it will be met with much clapping and barking by the beach seals who up until now have been pushing the opposite narrative.
Human rights will be erased for everyone in the process, clever.
No problem with it in theory. I’ve been suggesting for years that revising the various refugee treaties is the only solution.
HOWEVER
>> Sir Keir Starmer has urged European leaders to reform human rights laws to make it easier to deport illegal migrants
This has fuck all to do with ‘illegal migrants’. Why do they insist on lying and using divisive, misleading language even when ostensibly they’re engaged in something sensible and productive.