AFTER reading CT Riley’s recent letter concerning the Conservatives' plan to scrap the European Human Rights Act (EHRA) I did a bit of research.
It didn’t take long to discover that the proposed replacement, The British Rights Bill, will be a watered down version of the EHRA that will mean a reduction in our human rights.
If no risk to our human rights existed, then organizations such as Amnesty International, 38 Degrees and Liberty wouldn’t be campaigning against it.
Newspapers such as The Independent and The Guardian wouldn’t be raising concerns; political figures including Ken Clarke, David Davis, Ed Miliband and Nicola Sturgeon wouldn’t be opposing its scrapping.
Nor would The Daily Telegraph be reporting that such luminaries as Andrew Mitchell, Dominic Grieve and Damian Green are openly warning against its scrapping.
When someone raises a matter of concern, accusing them of being arrogant and a liar is easy.
But when the truth is that human rights organizations, newspapers and people from different political backgrounds are all sounding the alarm bells, only the ignorant would make assumptions and not start asking questions.
C McArt, Spennymoor
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