Rishi Sunak\u2019s Rwanda bill passes its first Commons vote but only after rebellion by a collection of rightwing Tory MPs<\/p>
Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd<\/strong>, a former lord chief justice of England and Wales, has said the government should not try to ignore the jurisdiction of the European court of human rights. In an interview<\/a> for a podcast called the Judges, he said:<\/p> If you have subjected yourself to a court, and it was our voluntary decision to do so, then you have to take the rough with the smooth and if they\u2019ve decided [the court] have this jurisdiction then you ought to follow it.<\/p> You can\u2019t expect others to respect the law if you say you won\u2019t respect the law of someone else.<\/p> You ought to actually be able, within a set period of time, say a fortnight, to investigate, decide, give him one right of appeal \u2013 why you should have more than one right of appeal I simply don\u2019t understand \u2013 and remove them.\u201d But, he concedes, it costs money.<\/p> Britain is a practical nation \u2013 always has been. People can\u2019t afford Christmas. If they call an ambulance this winter \u2013 they don\u2019t know if it will come. 6,000 crimes go unpunished - every day. Common sense is rolling your sleeves up and solving these problems practically, not indulging in some kind of political performance art.<\/p> This goes for stopping the boats as well. It\u2019s not about wave machines, or armoured jet skis, or schemes like Rwanda you know will never work.<\/p> Continue reading...<\/a>\n