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Starmer: Leaving ECHR puts UK ‘on par with Russia and Belarus’

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Submitted ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨G4Z@feddit.uk⁩ to ⁨unitedkingdom@feddit.uk⁩

https://www.thetimes.com/article/a43d20d3-efef-4688-a8f8-67772e20ab70?shareToken=5685a43d50d8c749b05f8dc499d699ca

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  • absquatulate@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You are running a police state that monitors its citizens and arrests protesters. So yes, from a human rights perspective, dropping the ECHR is probably the last step required to become just like the ruskis.

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  • G4Z@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So does First Past the Post.

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    • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And having bishops in the House of Lords puts the UK on a par with Iran

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      • ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I must have missed out on the parallel military commanded by Lambeth Palace.

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