Keir Starmer has made clear that Labour will never withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights because there is “no need” and Rishi Sunak did not disagree, despite it being the reason his Government failed to curb illegal immigration. In the Telegraph, Nigel Farage has said it’s time to put the matter to the people. Here’s an excerpt.
During a Parliamentary debate on Monday, Sir Keir Starmer spoke warmly about this 74-year-old institution, telling MPs “Let me be clear: there is no need to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights… we will not withdraw – not now, not ever.” Rishi Sunak, who remains Tory leader for now, did not demur, despite knowing that it was the ECHR which ensured the ill-fated Rwanda scheme which he inherited from Boris Johnson did not get off the ground.
Logically, to support the outdated ECHR is nonsensical. It will only hinder Britain’s ability to deal with the ballooning problem of illegal immigration. Yet many MPs don’t seem to care.
During my maiden speech, I mentioned another Labour Home Secretary, David Blunkett, noting that during his period in office between 2001 and 2004, Britain used to deport illegal immigrants – something it no longer seems to do on the same scale. Under Blair’s Government, tens of thousands were deported every single year. This was not always an easy task for Blunkett, however.
In February 2003, the High Court heard a test case brought on behalf of five asylum seekers who challenged the Labour Government’s policy of denying refugees food and shelter if they did not make an asylum claim on arrival in Britain. Fearing that Britain had become a soft touch, Blunkett had introduced this measure in the interests of protecting the public purse, but Mr. Justice Collins ruled that the Government’s position was illegal. And the name of the barrister who represented the asylum seekers? Keir Starmer.At the time, Starmer gave an interview in which he said “First, there is the development of the notion of dignity and humanity in our law. It doesn’t matter whether the foundation of that notion is the European Convention on Human Rights or the common law, it is simply unacceptable in a civilised society to prevent a vulnerable group of individuals from working, to exclude them from the welfare benefits system and then to deprive them of a roof over their heads and of food.”
Well, given all this, I think it’s time we had a referendum on Britain’s membership of the ECHR. Does the Prime Minister have the courage to find out what the electorate really thinks about this burning issue – or is he scared that a plebiscite would reveal the gaping chasm between MPs and the people?
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Unfortunately, I don’t think the vast majority of the electorate would have a Scooby Doo what it’s about and what it’s important. Subsequently the turnout would be dire!
(Obviously not that this would ever be put to a referendum anyway)
No of course they’ll never withdraw from the ECHR, because the puppet stooges in WEFminster are getting their orders from above. If you’ve 10mins to spare here’s Ivor Cummins with all the data in a short presentation on understanding mass immigration and why it’s happening;
https://x.com/FatEmperor/status/1816125081212399862
And here’s an excerpt from Soros’ plan, written in 2015. As you’re aware, despite the UK not being part of the EU these migrants still seem mighty keen in getting over there from mainland Europe, come hell or high water. Why is that?
”First, the EU has to accept at least a million asylum-seekers annually for the foreseeable future. And, to do that, it must share the burden fairly – a principle that a qualified majority finally established at last Wednesday’s summit.
Adequate financing is critical. The EU should provide €15,000 ($16,800) per asylum-seeker for each of the first two years to help cover housing, health care, and education costs – and to make accepting refugees more appealing to member states. It can raise these funds by issuing long-term bonds using its largely untapped AAA borrowing capacity, which will have the added benefit of providing a justified fiscal stimulus to the European economy.
Finally, to absorb and integrate more than a million asylum seekers and migrants a year, the EU needs to mobilize the private sector – NGOs, church groups, and businesses – to act as sponsors. This will require not only sufficient funding, but also the human and IT capacity to match migrants and sponsors.
The exodus from war-torn Syria should never have become a crisis. It was long in the making, easy to foresee, and eminently manageable by Europe and the international community. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has now also produced a six-point plan to address the crisis. But his plan, which subordinates the human rights of asylum-seekers and migrants to the security of borders, threatens to divide and destroy the EU by renouncing the values on which it was built and violating the laws that are supposed to govern it.”
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/rebuilding-refugee-asylum-system-by-george-soros-2015-09
This is the psycho that stabbed the soldier yesterday. I haven’t come across any personal details on him, such as name and nationality, and no idea how the soldier is doing. I wonder if this is yet another important news story that will fall off a cliff;
”After finally getting a picture of the attacker we got to work. We found the same man in UDINE, ITALY in May last year, which looks like he’s passing through & was caught on camera
It looks like this man has come to this country for one mission, which wasn’t with good intentions.”
https://x.com/UnmaskedAntifa/status/1816133973795361111
I wonder if this stabbing has been co-ordinated in time for the Patriots march this Saturday 27th. You know, just a little something to raise tensions.
No idea but we deserve some info on the perp so let’s keep eyes and ears open because they’re probably going to try and memory hole this, like that alleged gang rape in the Morrison’s car park in Rochdale involving four school boys. What the hell happened to that? It was reported all over the place then nothing, just crickets ever since.
Meanwhile, despite the supposed clean-up of the tent cities etc, Paris is definitely still not looking appealing to me, nor will it ever, I think;
”The Olympics hasn’t even started yet and already this week in Paris we’ve had…
An Australian tourist allegedly gang-raped by five men she described as being of African descent.
Two tech staff covering the Games for Australia’s Channel Nine news brutally beaten during an attempted robbery.
A student peacekeeper assigned to Paris as part of the Games sexually assaulted on a train in the middle of the afternoon.
A Senegalese migrant shot dead by police near the Champs-Élysées after lunging at the officer chasing him in connection with the murder of a teenager.”
https://x.com/RMXnews/status/1816028751290843586
”Olympic athletes in Paris are being told not to leave their compounds alone or draw attention to themselves after a spate of recent attacks on tourists, peacekeepers, and news crews covering the Games.”
https://x.com/RMXnews/status/1816036292238405797
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13666425/20-seconds-horror-masked-knife-attacker-looking-soldier-repeatedly-stabbed-British-serviceman-outside-barracks-licking-weapon-amid-blood-curdling-screams-victim-wounded-body-fights-life.html
Certainly got a sun tan on those hands. My bet is that he’s ‘religion of peace.’
Some good news, however. But if this was in Germany then all countries should follow suit. I mean, logically, a country is either deemed safe or it isn’t. Let’s get rid, I say!
”A court in Germany has ruled that there is no longer a general danger to all civilians in Syria, and that a convicted Syrian people smuggler can legally be deported to his home country. The ruling could significantly impact deportation cases, because the German government has so far classified Syria as an unsafe country of origin and rejects deporting failed asylum seekers there.
Support for resuming deportations to both Syria and Afghanistan has increased after a spate of violent knife attacks in recent months, and the murder of a policeman by an Afghan failed asylum seeker. However, despite the leftist-liberal government vowing to deport dangerous criminals, it hasn’t followed through with actions.
There are close to one million Syrians living in Germany. Most of them fled the Syrian civil war that began in 2011. Syrians have been the largest group of asylum seekers in Germany: in 2024, around 38,000 Syrians applied for asylum, followed by 20,000 Afghans in second place.”
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/german-court-rules-syrians-can-be-deported/
I suspect we would lose such a referendum condemning us to decades more of the same tyranny.
Kent Soldier attack not Terror related , thank goodness , as Choudry gets his come uppance this happens but nothing to see , the poor knife man has mental problems !!!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13666425/20-seconds-horror-masked-knife-attacker-looking-soldier-repeatedly-stabbed-British-serviceman-outside-barracks-licking-weapon-amid-blood-curdling-screams-victim-wounded-body-fights-life.html
Well his hands are well tanned if nothing else. Definitely Religion of Peace.
Our Political class all over Europe brought this multi cultural disaster upon us and will never be held accountable for the rapes, murders, terrorism, social unrest, and erasure of our culture and National Identity.
Given that the Brexit referendum went against the views of most politicians the chances of them giving us another one on any issue are vanishingly small. Obviously the vast majority of politicians don’t want to be shown to be out of touch with popular opinion.