Human Rights Act

[Shadowstar1922]

I advocate for nation wide civil disobediance if the British government repeals the Human Rights Act

Or, idk, peaceful protest

Seriously? Repealing this act takes away every single fundamental and unalienable right away from the people of the United Kingdom.

This is a smack in the face, a sign of complete disrespect and a want to control the populace, suppress and repress individuality and open thought, and ultimately, manipulate the entire populace and society. Nations with a history of stripping away core freedoms and rights and opportunities, lead to totalitarian states. Look at the USSR when Stalin censored education, repealed gay rights, eliminated private property, and rigged soviet elections.

With all of this being said, you still think the British people should respect the government and protest peacefully?

This is a drect attack on democratic values.

If the US was repealing the Bill of Rights, I would be up in arms and I would march non stop, I will be as radical and revolutionary as I could be.

[GarthVader449]

The Human Rights act is broken... it needs to be amended.
Example: say you are driving your car down the street and the police pull you over for a routine stop, perfectly lawful, they check you license, MOT etc... but the officer see a suspicious package on the passenger seat, he checks it out and finds drugs in the bad, again perfectly lawful. The were also passengers in the back of the car so, as you do the officer asks whose bag is it? You'd think that this is perfectly okay, but nooo, the human right act says everyone is entitled to have a lawyer before any questions can be asked. This is based on a true story and as a result no one who has been or will be asked a question by a police officer before he has been taken to the station and had the choice of lawyer can't be charged or found guilty; because this process is apparently unlawful.

Now to me this is stupid. A lot of time, effort, money and resources (for both the police and the passengers/driver) could be saved if this is amended.

There are more trivial case, a convicted criminal (Non-UK citizen) was not allowed to be deported because she had bought a property in the UK and had a cat staying at the property (which was being 'temporary' cared for by a neighbour). The deportation was unlawful, according to (apparently) the Human Rights Act....

I mean the British Bill Of rights will very much the same, but with small changes so people who ultimately break the law, can't just yell "Human Rights" to avoid being punished or face consequences.

[The Divine Potato]

To be fair the only reason that we would be revoking the human rights act is because it is something that Britain cannot change. We want to make up our own set of laws.