Friday, February 18, 2011

Don't shoot the messenger.

The Prime Minister and the Home Secretary are both having a go at the judges for making decisions which "fly completely in the face of common sense" and promising to introduce legislation to "[make] sure decisions are made in this Parliament rather than in the courts".  But it was Parliament which created the present situation.  The Human Rights Act of 1998 effectively said that our law must obey the principles contained in the European Convention on Human Rights.  The judges in the recent cases being complained of, were simply pointing out aspects of our law where this doesn't happen.  It wasn't them who passed the 1998 Act - it was Parliament.

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