Human Rights Act
Johnson defends Government drugs policy
The Home Secretary defended the Government’s drugs policy today in an attempt to regain the initiative following the controversy over the sacking of Prof. Nutt.
Conservative reaction to Keir Starmer reveals their deep-seated cynicism
Various figures in the Conservative Party are calling for Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, to be sacked for defending the Human Rights Act in the Crown Prosecution Service annual lecture. But this ad hominem attack raises the suspicion that it is no more than a means to cover for the inadequacy of Conservative policy.
Grieve had “long been a supporter” of the Human Rights Act
A would-be Conservative government plans to repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights which will "enable the UK to rebalance laws in favour of public protection." But the Conservatives are confused. Dominic Grieve previously said, “As is probably well known to my colleagues and possibly to other hon. Members, I have long been a supporter of the incorporation of a human rights bill into our law."