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Human Rights (contd.)

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Well, there’s nothing that gets everyone on board faster than the threat of rapists and paedophiles.

Now I don’t hold any brief for this particular demographic, but the issue seems simple.

  • The judge has no discretion as to whether offenders are placed on the register.
  • The register is there to protect the public. Crucially, it’s not intended as a punishment.
  • There’s no appeal process for those serving long terms. So offenders who no longer pose a threat (and, yes, there may be one or two)will continue to clog up the register, and take police time in administering their whereabouts.
  • The Supreme Court thinks that there probably should be a process. I tend to agree.

So the Home Secretary has got off her bum and will develop a process. The final word, she says, will lie with the police. So no politician or civil servant will risk their careers being tarnished by making a bad decision. What’s so difficult about that ?

But the rabid Europhobe right want to take away my Human Rights, substituting them with something that UK politicians can change whenever they find the rules a bit inconvenient.

So … this is serious now. Where’s my referendum ?

After all the praise (rightly) heaped on the Tunisians and Egyptians demanding Human Rights, and all of the words about the importance of Rule of Law, why can’t the UK government understand that they need to work within a constitution.