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0 pointsgadders12y ago0 comments

And a good thing too. That way prisoners wouldn't get the vote, we'd be able to deport terrorists etc etc.

I can't see any additional rights that I have that I didn't have before it became part of British law. All I see are dis-benefits.

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ksrm12y ago

>That way prisoners wouldn't get the vote

Why is this a good thing? Prisoners are still citizens. Disenfranchising them only serves to further alienate them from society.

Time and again the ECHR has served as an important check on breaches of the European Convention by the UK. But a few examples:

Ok, I'll bite. What are the dis-benefits?

Which human rights do you specifically want to lose?

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