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by callamdelaney 656 days ago
I'd like to take this moment to thank the European Union for our human rights /s
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No /s required. You can see a list of landmark judgments here, some of which apply to the UK. (Although you’re confusing the EU with the Council of Europe.)

https://www.coe.int/en/web/human-rights-convention/landmark-...

Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptfmAY6M6aA

So now we need a council of Europe referendum?

As you know human rights existed long before somebody decided to sign away our interpretation of them to a foreign body.

Weird how the right to liberty and security doesn't apply to native populations.