🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨

New report by me for The Constitution Society on why the UK Government's 'Modern' Bill of Rights Bill is rooted in & shaped by contradictory constitutionalism.

Key takeaway = Conscientious constitutionalism in the political decision-making process is an intentional & beneficial practice worth pursuing for all.

#humanrights #ukpolitics #billofrightsbill #devolution #ethics

https://consoc.org.uk/publications/the-modern-bill-of-rights-bill/

Excellent piece in the Byline Times about my new report on the UK Government's 'Modern' Bill of Rights Bill.

#humanrights #ukpolitics #billofrightsbill

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/02/01/new-report-blows-apart-dominic-raabs-bill-of-rights/

Post-Brexit Britain needs an ambitious Bill of Rights rooted in integrity & purpose.

The Bill of Rights Bill currently on offer is unworkable (as advocated by UK Parliament Human Rights Committee last week). My report for the Constitution Society (out on Thursday) will discuss this in depth. In the interim, here is a summary 👇

#Brexit #humanrights #billofrightsbill #europeanunion

https://consoc.org.uk/britain-needs-an-ambitious-bill-of-rights/

RT @13sarahmurphy@twitter.com

“Raab presided over a ‘perverse culture of fear’ at the MoJ”

While the ‘investigation’ of him is underway, his ugly #BillofRightsBill should be scrapped. There is no way this menace’s ‘common sense’ should be prioritised over our ability to enforce our human rights.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/13sarahmurphy/status/1618511070930534401

New report published today by the UK Parliament Human Rights Committee.

My report on the 'Modern' Bill of Rights Bill for @Con_Soc will be published in the next week or so and will touch on these issues.

Key takeaway from this update: “We have hardly heard any support for the Bill of Rights Bill,” the committee says.

#humanrights #ukpolitics #billofrightsbill #humanrightsact

https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/33649/documents/183913/default/

V interesting interview with Robert Spano, president of the European Court of Human Rights until last month, on the folly* of Raab’s Bill of Rights Bill

(*he’s obviously much too judicious to use this word but that’s the gist)

#UKLaw #HumanRights #BillOfRightsBill

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/law-in-action/id265307843

We need to look out for everyone. Because I don't see the trajectory slowing in the UK

Return of the #BillOfRightsBill and the concurrent attacks on the Equalities Act. All under the banner of coaching or coercing the 'woke' out of us and our children

A bad faith attack on any critic, or any appeal to respect difference. Libertarian demands to think only of ourselves, fear others, ignore codependence. But collaboration is critical for humane change

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I find the return of the #BillOfRightsBill very concerning. The best thing Truss did as PM was getting rid of it.

It will create a two tier system whereby some people (friends of Tories) will have more human rights than others (the rest of us). It defeats the whole concept of 'human rights', namely that they apply equally to all. #UKPolitics #HumanRights #ToryFascists #GTTO