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On Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:08:06 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <
atropos@mac.com>
wrote:
On Jun 15, 2026 at 11:50:33 PM PDT, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca> wrote: >>> A large number of British commentators have called for Britain to exit
the ECHR. Keir Starmer, of course, rejects this; remember, his
background is as a human rights attorney as is the currently Attorney
General, Lord Hermer.
A 'human rights attorney'? Uh - if Starmer self described himself that
way he was fibbing - before going into politics Starmer was a Crown
Prosecutor and part of his territory was where the 'grooming gang'
scandal took place. ("Grooming gangs" is a euphemism for mostly
Pakistani immigrants who were abducting and raping underage lower
class white girls - and has been going on for 30-40 years. It's a key
reason Farage and others have advocated deportation for those
convicted who hold non-UK citizenship and thus can be legally deported
with little paperwork.
"Crown Prosecutor" is the British (and Canadian) term for what would
be called District Attorneys in the US who are not normally described
as advocates for any particular kind of offender much less those
accused of rape involving minors.
I believe Nigel Farage and Rupert Lowe, party leaders of Reform and
Restore Britain, have both insisted that the UK leave the ECHR; I'm not >>> sure if Kemi Badenoch, the Tory leader, has done so yet.
I watch a lot of UK news shows on Youtube (I use as an excuse that my
2nd daughter lives in Brighton which is close to one of the major
landing points for illegal migrants - but I know she lives 2-3 miles
from the waterfront so hope that means she doesn't encounter too many
of them.) and have heard no mention that Badenoch has taken a position
on ECHR.
Well, Badenoch has whole-heartedly endorsed Starmer's ban on social media for >anyone under 18, which necessarily means everyone in the UK will have to prove >their age to use it, which is just a back door for the digital ID plan and >on-device scanning that Starmer was pushing.
The Tories are no better than Labour. Only Restore will get things back on >track in the UK.
"ECHR" is the European Court of Human Rights which Britain for
whatever reason stayed in after Brexit. In this context Britain
staying in ECHR is problematic since the whole point of Brexit was
that Brits didn't want to be ruled from Brussels while the whole point
of ECHR is to insure members DO follow the "European Standards"
As a result 100+ illegal migrants have had their deportation orders
quashed following appeals to ECHR.
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