Canoeboy said:
Thats because their are too many foo gooders out there and then we have the EU human rights lot
I used to think similar to that too..............
On a phone in show on the radio yesterday, a bloke phoned up "blah blah blah........European human rights, blah" At which point the host butted in and said "Of course, you are wrong on that point, the Human rights act is nothing to do with Europe......"
I have just been googling, and guess what he (The host) is right. (which means you are wrong as, was I )
In short, there has been a "human rights" law for at least 50 years, its just that it was not common knowledge, then the EU did step in and say "You don't have to come to Strasbourg for your hearing, you (The UK) can do it in your own courts, so in 1997 a bill came out and that is when the "human rights claims" took off, Before then as, I said you had to go to a specific court, which is in Strasbourg, and to get there (all paperwork and stuff like that) would cost upwards of £30k, so no one bothered.
So in closing, The UK has had its own "Human rights" law for many many years, nothing to do with the EU, its just that no one wanted to spend £30k to go to an independent country to have their case heard.
I guess its another case of "what you think is true" but it isn't, a bit like the Star trek line "Beam me up Scotty" Captain Kirk Never said that.
