Posting this because it is a total non-story that is typical of today’s news cycle.

First you have the standard tiresome tactics currently in use by HMG:

  1. Don’t deny anything explicitly
  2. Don’t correct the false assumptions that are then made

Leaving the EHCR is basically a non-starter; the Good Friday Agreement requires the ECHR to be enforceable in Northern Ireland. I don’t see anyone opening up the terms of the GFA anytime soon.

So: there was no explicit statement that there is a plan to leave the ECHR, and leaving the ECHR isn’t realistic anyway. It’s a non-story.

So now into the question: what “real” news is happening today in UK Politics?

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    1 year ago

    id be surprised if they have enough time left in this parliament to make such a move. Its a pretty complicated thing to renege on a foundational arrangement. I can think of one pretty big problem, that Good Friday Agreement is definitely resting on it. The chances of getting that sorted in under a year are slim to zero.

    Its performative cruelty