I took part in Decision Time on BBC Radio 4, first broadcast last night, in a discussion about the European Court of Human Rights – specifically whether the UK could denounce the European Convention on Human Rights, or otherwise reduce the Court’s power, in the light of the controversy over prisoners’ votes.

Nick Robinson chairs the discussion with Jack Straw, the Conservative MP Priti Patel, Sir Stephen Wall, former chief European adviser to the Prime Minister (and former “client” of mine in government, as it happens), and Allegra Stratton, political correspondent of the Guardian. It’s great fun to be called a “senior political insider”, and if Radio 4 says so, I won’t argue.

You can listen here for the next six days.

2011-06-16T11:42:27+00:00Tags: , |