Gove and the Human Rights Act

I thought it was the European Working Times Directive not the HRA

www.change.org/p/david-cameron-mp-we-call-on-the-government-and-the-prime-minister-to-provide-a-national-referendum-on-the-planned-abolition-of-the-human-rights-act?source_location=trending_petitions_home_page&algorithm=curated_trending

Nearly a quarter of a million signatures on this now. It could actually be done at the same time as the EU referendum.

Exactly, Galen. The Human Rights Act should have put a stop to that, but the NHS has obviously managed to find a way round it.
A tired doctor is just as dangerous as a tired coach driver. There should be a limit to how many hours you can work in each 24 hours when other people's lives are at risk.

I used to have to do it. I know I made mistakes through tiredness and I was in my twenties then

Why be pleased that doctors can work 12 days in a row? I wouldn't want to be treated by one of those doctors at the end of the 12 days.

www.amnesty.org.uk/eight-reasons-why-human-rights-act-has-made-uk-better-place-british-bill-of-rights

A survey on whether you think the Human Rights Act should be abolished.

www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZFH7XHP

Junior doctors - the link states:
^Although they work on average 46 to 47 hours a week, this can include spells in which they are contracted to work 12 days in a row.

Things have improved tremendously since DN trained then!!
I am so pleased.

Exactly, thatbags. I still agree with your post of Tue 12-May-15 20:51:22

I wonder though.... if there's 'no point', maybe there isn't much to worry about either.

Yes, it does.

Earlier I said I cannot see why. That article ends with what's the point, thatbags.

www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/medical-union-to-seek-legal-advice-on-treatment-of-young-doctors-amid-fear-nhs-is-breaching-human-rights-act-10255657.html

Interesting to see how the government gets out of this one.
I notice Amnesty has called for people to tell Gove to keep the Human Rights Act.

Thought provoking.

Interesting article from the Law Gazette.

There is an international standard for Human Rights 1948:

www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/

Widely ignored throughour the world, but something which, as a nation, we should aspire to live up to.

Presumably this will be in the Q's Speech? Then we will have some idea what is intended and when it is to be abolished.

Beginning to get interesting - report in the Guardian of a number of Tories calling themselves the Runnymead Group including David Davies, Ken Clarke and a others including a number of QC's who are unhappy about what DC intends to do. They argue that the Conservative party has always stood up for individual rights - and were instigators in the whole thing after WW11 and in forming the ECHR. They are arguing that there is no need to alter what we have at present and are alarmed at the possibility of watering it down. Gove is going to have his work cut out if her wants to avoid a rebellion. Remember there is only a 12 majority.

fullfact.org/law/conservative-party-bill-of-rights-39308/
This is what the Tories want to put in the place of the Human Rights Act.
I cannot see why.

Yes, trisher. It's strange how they always want to lead the world or be world beating in lots of other areas, but not human rights.

I wonder if anyone thinks we have a responsibility to keep the Human Rights act in order to be able to set standards for other countries. If we repeal it and have our own, less democratic regimes could claim to be following our example by developing their own legislation. An international standard of Human rights is essential and we should lead the way in developing and maintaining this.

Someone on Newsnight has just suggested Keir Starmer as leader of the Labour party, Iam64.

Hadn't realised that Keir Starmer was standing against Natalie Bennett. Right one got in there, I think, although she did come third. The one in the middle was called Will Blair! No relation.

This is interesting, particularly the link on it about the government report.

theconversationuk.cmail2.com/t/r-l-aguyhk-iudkikukhu-n/

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