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Jon Holbrook

Expelled & twice exonerated barrister

Human Rights Act – repeal it

Shamima Begum may return to Britain

3rd March 202110th May 2021jonholbLeave a comment

Human rights laws may come to Begum’s aid in her appeal against loss of British citizenship. The Surpeme Court in February did not rule on the issue of her deprivation of citizenship. When the courts rule on this issue ‘me’ may well trump ‘us’.

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The ISIS Beatles: saved by the Supreme Court?

9th April 202017th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment

Britain’s meddling judges are blocking America’s prosecution of the ISIS Beatles. Fettering the prosecution of extremists is a surefire way of turning the people against the law.

Human Rights Act - repeal it

The law is undermining the fight against terror

25th February 202017th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment

Counter-terror initiatives keep getting thwarted by human-rights law. Terrorists are empowered to use the sword of human rights to defeat the shield of public safety.

Human Rights Act - repeal it

Kick judges out of politics

13th August 201917th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment

The judiciary has been empowered by the European Convention on Human rights to ride roughshod over public opinion. For the health of British democracy, it is time to kick judges out of politics.

Human Rights Act - repeal it

Supreme Court’s judgment on abortion in Northern Ireland should worry democrats

11th June 201817th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment

But for a technicality the court would have ruled that Northern Ireland’s abortion policy was unlawful under human rights law. This is a chilling judgment for democracy.

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Charlie Gard’s case should never have gone to court

31st July 201717th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment

No one – not Charlie, not his parents, not society – benefited from the prolonged legal proceedings that denied Charlie his peace for six months.

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Human rights: the friend of foreign criminals

22nd June 201717th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment

The Supreme Court’s ruling in favour of two foreign criminals shows how human rights law demeans democracy and citizenship.

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Immigration policy is for the people, not the courts

12th May 201617th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment

The Human Rights Act has undermined the UK’s ability to control its borders. Only be repealing this Act and denouncing the European Convention on Human Rights can the UK put an end to porous borders.

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Transgenderism: a top-down politics of identity

19th January 201617th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment

Far from being about liberty, transgenderism is backed by undemocratic power exercised in the spheres of medicine and law.

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The legal tyranny of gay marriage

29th July 201517th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment

The European Court of Human Rights has turned gay marriage into a legal issue and deprived citizens of their right to treat it as a moral issue for them.

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  • Immigration – we need borders
  • Law & order – we need it
  • Race – stop race bating

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