MaliA wrote:
This "remove human rights laws" stuff has really irked me. Like the death penalty, people who side with it never want justice, they want revenge.
The UK is really good, generally: we've got universal healthcare, education, an independent judiciary, and we've put equal rights into law, along with human rights. The government has said "OK, UK, you crack on and don't be a dick, and we'll do the same, but if we do, then there's this lot to sort us both out". And removing these laws makes it less great.
Very much agreed. I got really angry when Mrs May started up on this again, and all the criticisms come from easily debunkable misunderstandings or myths but still people come out with them. Gah. Next up: bendy bananas and social workers claiming a TV is a sideboard.
I'd be more inclined to listen if they based their opposition to it on some form of political theory argument regarding the differences between common law and civil law regarding natural rights and the role of the state. But the only person I know who does that is an old uni friend of mine who got a first in philosophy and he's not a candidate or pundit.