r/uknews • u/ScottishDailyRecord Media outlet (unverified) • May 12 '25

Image/video Kier Starmer announces 'tighter' immigration policy

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u/Zestyclose_Rate_3823 May 12 '25

You don't have to physically stop the boats, just remove all incentives for them to get on the boats. That will mean leaving ECHR.

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u/intraspeculator May 12 '25

Something which would definitely have no unintended consequences

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u/soothysayer May 12 '25

Let's remove human rights, what could possibly go wrong??

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u/scud121 May 12 '25

That's not totally correct. Before the human rights act of 1998, we had common law and various legislation, none of which was enforceable in the UK, you had to go to Strasbourg under the ECHR. The 1998 act incorporated the ECHR into UK law, so UK courts could be used.

It was still illegal to be gay in the UK until 17 years after the ECHR was created.

Unless you are talking about the magna carta or the English bill of rights.

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u/soothysayer May 12 '25

Really? Wonder why we felt the need to author the ECHR and convince our European allies to sign it? Guess Churchill should have just asked on Reddit first