During her catastrophic election campaign, in a speech talking about tackling terrorism and extremism, Theresa May pledged, ‘If our human rights laws stop us from doing it, we will change the laws so we can do it.’ Here, she was suggesting, that Human Rights are a threat to our national security, that somehow the Human Rights Act helps to protect terrorists and puts ordinary citizens at risk. This could not be further from the truth. Firstly, the rights that Theresa May is claiming protect terrorists are the right to a fair trial and the right not to be tortured. Removing these allows the government to spend less on the police or security services because they don’t have to go through the ‘hassle’ of making sure they’ve got the right person. It allows them to act without any accountability, saving money and putting ordinary citizens, like you and me, at risk.

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