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Plots And Counterplots: Tory Leadership Chatter

Ned Simons | Posted 06.05.2013 | UK Politics
Ned Simons

So apparently Theresa May's plot to take Britain out of the European Court of Human Rights, viewed as part of her plot to succeed David Cameron as Tory leader, was actually leaked by a cabinet rival plotting their own plot against her.

Tories Lies on Stopping ECHR and Migrant Benefits

Paul Nuttall | Posted 04.05.2013 | UK Politics
Paul Nuttall

The Ukip policy on the European Convention or ECHR is quite straightforward. We wish to withdraw from this discredited shambles. Why? Because the European Court of Justice has become a danger to British democracy and an affront to human rights in general. The Convention has been used to protect and mother cuddle terrorists, rapists and preachers of hatred.

Mehdi's Morning Memo: To Lurch Or Not To Lurch?

Huffington Post | Mehdi Hasan | Posted 03.03.2013 | UK Politics

The ten things you need to know on Sunday 3 March 2013... 1) TO LURCH OR NOT TO LURCH? It's rather strange to see David Cameron proclaiming, in ...

Many Brits Say No Prison Votes, Deport Abu Qatada Regardless and Bring Back Power From the European Court

Joel Faulkner Rogers | Posted 25.11.2012 | UK Politics
Joel Faulkner Rogers

There's a perceptible preference in British public attitudes for a return of sovereignty on questions of human rights, and a significant consensus that believes the European Court of Human Rights does less to protect Britain's interests and more to protect its criminals.

We Shouldn't Need Martyrs for Abortion Reform in Ireland

Genevieve Shanahan | Posted 14.01.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Genevieve Shanahan

It is abhorrent that it should come to this. That we should need a martyr - Savita Halappanavar. Are the Irish people not smart enough that we might have heeded the warnings and stopped this tragedy before it happened?

Sacked BNP Bus Driver Wins Euro Court Battle Over Sacking

PA | Posted 06.11.2012 | UK

The sacking of a bus driver for being a member of the far-right BNP was a breach of his human rights, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. ...

Tory Row Over Suggestions Prisoners To Be Given The Vote

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.10.2012 | UK Politics

A 'blue-on-blue' row has erupted after suggestions the coalition is poised to give prisoners the vote, with one Tory MP saying the changes would only ...

Hamza Launches Last-Minute Appeal Against Extradition

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.11.2012 | UK

Radical cleric Abu Hamza has launched a last-minute High Court challenge in a move to avoid extradition to the United States, it was confirmed on Wedn...

Abu Hamza: From Nightclub Bouncer To 'Radical Cleric'

PA | Posted 24.09.2012 | UK

Muslim cleric Abu Hamza once appeared to embrace Western society. He worked as a bouncer in a Soho nightclub and had a reputation for socialising a...

Hamza To Be Handed Over To USA 'As Quickly As Possible'

PA | Posted 25.09.2012 | UK

Radical cleric Abu Hamza and four other terror suspects could be put on a plane to the United States within days after Europe's human rights judges re...

Government Right To 'Force' Graduate To Work For Free, Rules Court

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 06.08.2012 | UK Universities & Education

The government's back-to-work schemes, which have been criticised as "forced labour", are lawful, the High Court ruled on Monday. The judgment was ...

Radical Cleric Hamza Takes Extradition Case To European Court

PA | Posted 09.07.2012 | UK

Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza has lodged an appeal over his extradition from the UK to America with Europe's human rights judges, the Home Office sa...

Senior Tory: We Won't Get A UK Bill Of Rights In This Parliament

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 28.05.2012 | UK Politics

The new co-secretary of the backbench 1922 committee has acknowledged that a UK Bill of Rights is "highly unlikely" while the Tories remain in coaliti...

ECHR Will Meet To Decide Abu Qatada's Fate

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 02.05.2012 | UK

Europe's human rights judges will meet next week to consider whether Jordanian terror suspect Abu Qatada's appeal should be heard by the court's Grand...

Government Will Resist Any Attempt At Bail For Qatada

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 20.04.2012 | UK

In the wake of the confusion over radical cleric Abu Qatada's deportation status, the government has confirmed it will "vigourously" oppose any attemp...

Clarke Holds Brighton Meeting To Agree Human Rights Reforms

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.04.2012 | UK Politics

The government hopes to secure a deal on Thursday that will see European human rights judges intervene less in British affairs. Justice Secretary K...

PICTURES: Inside The US Supermax Prison Waiting For British Terror Suspects

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 14.11.2012 | UK

ADX Florence, America's highest security prison, is a stark concrete detention camp where at least four of the five extradited British terror suspects...

'I'm Fighting for My Life' Jailed Briton Facing Extradition Tells BBC

PA | Posted 05.04.2012 | UK

A British man who has been in jail without trial since 2004 while fighting extradition to the US on terror charges has pleaded to be charged and tried...

Terrorist Prisoners Lose 'Human Rights' Appeal

PA | Posted 27.03.2012 | UK

Two high-profile Islamic terrorist prisoners who claimed their human rights were violated when they were segregated for extended periods have failed t...

Qatada Should Go but the Court has Its Uses

Sajjad Karim MEP | Posted 16.04.2012 | UK Politics
Sajjad Karim MEP

Let me start by saying I found the European Court of Human Rights' decision on Abu Qatada baffling; I firmly believe a country's borders are the respo...

When Judges And Politicians Clash

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 07.02.2012 | UK Politics

The government is "very concerned" by the decision to grant Abu Qatada bail, the attorney general said on Tuesday. But it's not just the move to al...

Cameron To Attempt Significant Reforms Of European Court Of Human Rights

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 25.01.2012 | UK Politics

David Cameron is seeking to change the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) so that it no longer serves as an automatic last resort for criminals, in...

Equality Body Supports "Compromises" on Equality Laws

Peter G Tatchell | Posted 18.09.2011 | UK Politics
Peter G Tatchell

Christian fundamentalists should cease their phoney claims of persecution and drop their demand to be able to discriminate lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Instead, they should concentrate on supporting their fellow Christians elsewhere in the world who are suffering real and grave persecution because of their faith.

Justice Minister Warns Against 'Macho' Defiance On Prisoner Votes

PA | Posted 05.09.2011 | UK Politics

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Defying European judges over giving the vote to prisoners may look "macho" but would weaken the United Kingdom's ability to put p...