Comments on: Grieve had “long been a supporter” of the Human Rights Act http://www.leftfootforward.org/2009/10/grieve-had-long-been-a-supporter-of-the-human-rights-act/ Left Foot Forward is a political blog for progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy developments. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Andrew http://www.leftfootforward.org/2009/10/grieve-had-long-been-a-supporter-of-the-human-rights-act/comment-page-1/#comment-670 Andrew Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:44:50 +0000 http://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=1975#comment-670 Robert A UK version I suspect would look pretty similar to the European version, this is the worst kind of posture politics and Grieve should know better. Robert A UK version I suspect would look pretty similar to the European version, this is the worst kind of posture politics and Grieve should know better.

]]> By: Robert http://www.leftfootforward.org/2009/10/grieve-had-long-been-a-supporter-of-the-human-rights-act/comment-page-1/#comment-667 Robert Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:16:18 +0000 http://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=1975#comment-667 I'm afraid that Grieve's previous comments don't show any "confusion", simply that he has changed his mind, or rather concluded that incorporation did not have the effect he expected. As long ago as 2004 Dominic Grieve said <blockquote>‘When the Human Rights Act was debated on the floor of the House of Commons, I spoke as a broad supporter of the principle of incorporation… ‘I am [however] much less happy with the operation of the Act than I had hoped to be at the time it was implemented. While supporting adherence to the Convention, we may wish to consider carefully whether it might not be better to make the effort to create our own home-grown legislation which, by identifying and stating the key rights and duties of citizenship which underpin our society, could command greater public enthusiasm and respect.’ </blockquote> I’m afraid that Grieve’s previous comments don’t show any “confusion”, simply that he has changed his mind, or rather concluded that incorporation did not have the effect he expected.

As long ago as 2004 Dominic Grieve said

‘When the Human Rights Act was debated on the floor of the House of Commons, I spoke as a broad supporter of the principle of incorporation…
‘I am [however] much less happy with the operation of the Act than I had hoped to be at the time it was implemented. While supporting adherence to the Convention, we may wish to consider carefully whether it might not be better to make the effort to create our own home-grown legislation which, by identifying and stating the key rights and duties of citizenship which underpin our society, could command greater public enthusiasm and respect.’

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