
Eight in ten want human rights enshrined in law
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has launched plans to preserve the Human Rights Act (HRA). Eight in ten want human rights protection enshrined in law.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has launched plans to preserve the Human Rights Act (HRA). Eight in ten want human rights protection enshrined in law.

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.