Re:UK triggers the official Brexit process in a letter to EU
by Nursie on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @08:52AM
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IIRC the human rights act and membership of the ECHR are separate to the EU.
I agree, there's been some awful rhetoric out of the Tories about dismantling those, but as yet they aren't under threat AFAICT
Re:UK triggers the official Brexit process in a letter to EU
by kuschku on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @11:20AM
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> IIRC the human rights act and membership of the ECHR are separate to the EU.
Membership in the EU requires membership in the ECHR, that’s why Britain can only after Brexit go back to the human rights of the 1600s that the elected government wants.
Re:UK triggers the official Brexit process in a letter to EU
by Nursie on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @12:35PM
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Indeed, EU membership was a lock on ECHR membership.
But leaving the EU does noy (yet) mean leaving ECHR.
You are lucky then as you always have the choice to leave the UK and enjoy the protections of the EU.
A lot of the coverage is focussed on trade/immigration etc. but there are lots of wonderful human rights protections and consumer protections that are provided by the EU which the British government will be excited to get rid of. It's that that worries me.
Take the surveillance overreach for example. Thanks to it violating EU law there now has to be a rethink. Or the Human Rights Act that the tory's have wanted rid of since Cameron was in office - because they don't like some of the rights if guarantees.
There are things more serious than the economy.