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Is the ECHR fit for purpose in the 2020's?
What, if anything, need amending/updating to be relevant for the foreseeable future?
What elements remain "as is"?

09.10.2025 09:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Who would you suggest could?

08.10.2025 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Quietly taking care of business.

But still liable to put their foot in their mouth!

08.10.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

1 = number 9

08.10.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"..riding.."?

Maybe not......

08.10.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Republican minded workers - Yes.
Others - No.

08.10.2025 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

......probably "yes" outside of London and its environs.
But what is meant by "local wages"?
What about property bought by the wealthy "unwaged'? Second homes?
The policy raises questions but is a move in the right direction.

08.10.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The speed of the transaction isn't the issue.
It's the affordability.
Bring back the wage multiplier system.
Seemed to keep a check on house prices to stop them being an investment opportunity rather than a home.

08.10.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Come on 'Merica.
You know what to do.
Peacefully.

08.10.2025 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you can't see how this will end, then you're not paying attention (not least to what's going on on the other side of the Atlantic).

07.10.2025 06:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1570    πŸ” 546    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 34
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πŸ€”πŸ€”πŸ€”πŸ€”

05.10.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4047    πŸ” 1422    πŸ’¬ 84    πŸ“Œ 27
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Israel accused of 'torturing' Greta Thunberg after Gaza flotilla intercepted Other activists gave similar accounts at Istanbul Airport, alleging Thunberg was shoved and paraded with an Israeli flag

Israeli forces β€œtortured Greta Thunberg." She was β€œdragged on the ground, forced to kiss the Israeli flag," shoved & paraded around wrapped in an Israeli flag. Flotilla activists were imprisoned, not given food or water for 3 days, drinking from a toilet.

Imagine how they treat Palestinians.

05.10.2025 02:38 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
Zack on Bold Politics podium

Zack on Bold Politics podium

I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian.

Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.

Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?

Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk

05.10.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3864    πŸ” 1232    πŸ’¬ 158    πŸ“Œ 70

Years of Conservative austerity budgets for LA's have cut their operating budget to the bone.
Everyone paying attention knew that.

06.10.2025 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Indeed. This young woman has done more in her life for humanitarian efforts than most of us will ever do. Israel's treatment of her for trying to give humanitarian aid to Gaza is disgusting and wrong.

06.10.2025 04:27 β€” πŸ‘ 145    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Difficult to argue against this position.
New laws are not needed to stop "duplicate" demonstrations.

06.10.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So Fearage and his ilk are prime causes of the situation they decry!

06.10.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Over simplified but you get the gist.

06.10.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Why are new laws needed?

When applying for a permit to demonstrate the reason and route are considerations.
If they are considered too similar to previous ones, don't grant the permit.

06.10.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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She was arrested for holding a sign reading:

β€œI do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”

How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.

05.10.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2716    πŸ” 1130    πŸ’¬ 177    πŸ“Œ 128
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Being accountable to an international court means our Government has to answer to them if it tries to undermine your human rights. Be very suspicious of any UK politician who wants to remove that check on their powers.

Share this and speak up for your freedoms.

05.10.2025 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1018    πŸ” 440    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 19
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Leaving the ECHR won’t fix illegal migration Half-baked tales of rulings turning on chicken nuggets are no basis for cutting Britain adrift

Tories and Reform want to quit the European Convention on Human Rights.

Since 1980, the ECHR court has heard 29 cases of immigrant deportation. UK won 16. No defeats in the last 5 yrs.

Quitting ECHR won't fix illegal immigration, will destroy our freedoms and rights.
archive.ph/eMg3O

06.10.2025 06:39 β€” πŸ‘ 538    πŸ” 303    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 8

Ah, it's becoming clearer to me now.
You seem to think you know what I should know and then to do what you want me to do.
Think I'll just stumble around and work things out my own way.

01.10.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I wasn't referring to X.
I was referring to your suggestion of blocking platforms you seem to disagree with.

01.10.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

NO!
History is history.
In all its glory and infamy.

26.09.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Free speech?

26.09.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

No immigrant has ever sacked me, or cut my wages, or offshored my job, or closed my hospital, or stopped my mum's disability benefits, or crashed the economy.

Those things were all done by white English men who went to Oxford and wore a nice suit.

22.09.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3024    πŸ” 833    πŸ’¬ 63    πŸ“Œ 30

Before politicians and media get themselves into a mess. Let me clarify. For most Muslims, Sharia means living ethically, praying, and giving to charity. Any councils are advisory and are not above the law and are no different to Jewish Beth Din courts that have existed in the UK since the 1800s.

23.09.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 687    πŸ” 227    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 15

Eric & Ernie.

Surely!

24.09.2025 09:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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