Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Parliamentary Standards Bill: crying wolf about human rights

June 30, 2009

I’m always amused when anyone – often it’s some kind of campaign group – claims that this or that Parliamentary bill “could” breach human rights. As often as not, it’s simply a tactical claim: whoever it is opposes the measure on political grounds (which is entirely fair enough) and tries to use a legal objection [...]

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