The Conservatives are planning to overhaul the Human Rights Act
Prepare for Brexit: the sequel
RUSSIAN OLIGARCHS make good villains. They are rich, powerful and foreign, and their money is sometimes ill-gotten and pretty much always in-your-face. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, MPs called for speedy sanctions against those of them who were close to Vladimir Putin. When this took longer than in other European countries, the Conservative government resorted to blaming another favourite bogey man: human-rights legislation.
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Britain March 12th 2022
- Two years on, Britain’s capital has recovered from covid-19
- Britain’s government bailed out OneWeb in 2020. Now it’s in trouble
- Body cameras are moving into British retail
- Companies are spying on job candidates online
- Higher inflation is raising the cost of servicing Britain’s government debt
- Chinese money is pouring into British universities
- The Conservatives are planning to overhaul the Human Rights Act
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