Riku Rose wrote: You're jumping to conclusions a bit. I never said I wanted it to be done away with at all, I just said that I'd rather the UK government be in control of their own laws and have the power to change them then have Brussels hold that power.
Also just because I have some concerns about the way our human rights is currently handled doesn't mean I hate all immigrants and blame them for the countries problems.
Scrapping the HRA to make it easier to deport the handful of people who manipulate the system to their advantage is just lunacy. For better or worse, the HRA is absolute and non-negotiable, the second it becomes open to interpretation it becomes a dangerous thing. I'm not necessarily saying that within a year protesters will start getting locked up, I'm just saying that by tampering with it to fit a certain agenda, the opportunity arises to gradually start moving the goalposts.
If you can't agree with that then you're simply not approaching this in a rational way.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style ... 46381.html"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens: as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone.”
Cameron is not just saying that people holding extreme religious views or inciting racial hate are to be held accountable, he is saying that anyone who they believe to be acting 'anti-democratically' will be seen as an extremist. Worrying.