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Carmichael: Tories “hell-bent on unravelling the union”

By | Sun 15th May 2016 - 6:15 pm

Citing concerns raised by the Irish Justice Secretary to her Eurosceptic British counterpart, Michael Gove, Alistair Carmichael, Lib Dem Home Affairs Secretary has accused the Government of being “hell-bent on unravelling the Union.”

The Irish Minister said that decoupling Northern Irish law and the European Convention on Human Rights could undermine the Good Friday Agreemment on which the peaceful settlement in Northern Ireland was based.

The Minister’s letter can be read here.

This also applies to the devolution settlements in Scotland and Wales.

Alistair said:

The devolved settlements in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all have the European convention hard-wired into them. This Tory government seems hell bent on unravelling the Union by their actions.

We know that, having gone quiet on human rights for a while, the Tories are keen to proceed with their plans to trash the Human Rights Act. Tim Farron said:

It has taken generations to enshrine in law the human rights we all share today. It is a very dangerous move for the Tories to scrap everything and start again from scratch.

His meddling will only risk our future. We have fought for centuries to establish our basic rights. It is very dangerous to start playing around with them now in order to score a few political points and placate a hostile cabinet.

 

 

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One Comment

  • Richard Underhill 16th May '16 - 3:35pm

    Question Time from Aberdeen was instructive, but even David Dimbleby was puzzled by the proposal that every child in Scotland should have some kind of guardian. Outside Scotland the proposal is not understood. Inside Scotland it is controversial.
    Help please. Would school breakfasts help?

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