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Reposted by Employment, Steve Peers
If you don't know anyone who has defended the ECHR to you, you need to broaden your social circle
Or, perhaps, reflect on what it is about your behaviour that means your friends don't feel able to be open with you about ECHR case law
Or, perhaps, reflect on what it is about your behaviour that means your friends don't feel able to be open with you about ECHR case law
Genuinely, what ECHR cases would you cite to persuade someone on the right, like me, that jt isn't simply a way of advancing progressive agenda via other means?
I asked this a while ago and the only good example I got was 'abolishing the closed shop', which we did in the UK via legislation, anyway.
I asked this a while ago and the only good example I got was 'abolishing the closed shop', which we did in the UK via legislation, anyway.
August 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
If you don't know anyone who has defended the ECHR to you, you need to broaden your social circle
Or, perhaps, reflect on what it is about your behaviour that means your friends don't feel able to be open with you about ECHR case law
Or, perhaps, reflect on what it is about your behaviour that means your friends don't feel able to be open with you about ECHR case law
Since there is no question, is he objecting to the relevance of his own client's spontaneously offered testimony?
August 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Since there is no question, is he objecting to the relevance of his own client's spontaneously offered testimony?
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When we first met our kids, the first book we read them was a Spot book that Dolly had donated.
August 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
When we first met our kids, the first book we read them was a Spot book that Dolly had donated.
That's fascinating. You do sometimes hear an argument that leaving the ECHR is necessary to "finally get Brexit done". It is encouraging if running that argument will likely prove counter-productive.
August 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
That's fascinating. You do sometimes hear an argument that leaving the ECHR is necessary to "finally get Brexit done". It is encouraging if running that argument will likely prove counter-productive.
The notion that defending the ECHR might be part of a broader push towards closer ties to Europe is music to my ears, but I'm conscious (indeed abashed) that pedants like me spent a lot of time huffily pointing out to leavers that their problems with the ECHR were not problems with the EU.
August 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The notion that defending the ECHR might be part of a broader push towards closer ties to Europe is music to my ears, but I'm conscious (indeed abashed) that pedants like me spent a lot of time huffily pointing out to leavers that their problems with the ECHR were not problems with the EU.
Does the sharp drop in the don't knows mean the issue is becoming more salient?
August 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Does the sharp drop in the don't knows mean the issue is becoming more salient?
They think he will leave someone else the bill
August 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
They think he will leave someone else the bill
In other words, leaving the ECHR is a not a great vote-winner, but is it a vote-loser?
August 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
In other words, leaving the ECHR is a not a great vote-winner, but is it a vote-loser?
If it's the latter (which I think it probably is), the question becomes "can those who are happy with the ECHR but intend to vote for parties that want to leave be persuaded that remaining in the ECHR is important enough to change their vote?" /2
August 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
If it's the latter (which I think it probably is), the question becomes "can those who are happy with the ECHR but intend to vote for parties that want to leave be persuaded that remaining in the ECHR is important enough to change their vote?" /2
I wonder, however, whether the question is not "do enough people want to leave that they would win a referendum?" but "do enough people intend to vote for a party that is promising to leave that that party will win an election?". /1
August 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I wonder, however, whether the question is not "do enough people want to leave that they would win a referendum?" but "do enough people intend to vote for a party that is promising to leave that that party will win an election?". /1
May I recommend Lev's "Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear?" which is like spending an afternoon with a funny, self-deprecating friend with an infectious enthusiasm and an impressive depth of knowledge*.
*Which the few minutes I spent talking to him in IRL suggest is exactly who he is.
*Which the few minutes I spent talking to him in IRL suggest is exactly who he is.
August 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
May I recommend Lev's "Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear?" which is like spending an afternoon with a funny, self-deprecating friend with an infectious enthusiasm and an impressive depth of knowledge*.
*Which the few minutes I spent talking to him in IRL suggest is exactly who he is.
*Which the few minutes I spent talking to him in IRL suggest is exactly who he is.
2.They extend that to their favoured politicians see Trump, 5th avenue etc.
August 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
2.They extend that to their favoured politicians see Trump, 5th avenue etc.
On "why shouldn't he play by the rules?". Two points:
1. Authoritarian populists thinks rules should bind others. If they bind you, it's red tape, or wokery gone mad, or failing to focus on the *real* criminals, etc. /2
1. Authoritarian populists thinks rules should bind others. If they bind you, it's red tape, or wokery gone mad, or failing to focus on the *real* criminals, etc. /2
August 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
On "why shouldn't he play by the rules?". Two points:
1. Authoritarian populists thinks rules should bind others. If they bind you, it's red tape, or wokery gone mad, or failing to focus on the *real* criminals, etc. /2
1. Authoritarian populists thinks rules should bind others. If they bind you, it's red tape, or wokery gone mad, or failing to focus on the *real* criminals, etc. /2
"Yeah, but *illegals* are going to *rape* my *daughter*, etc, etc." still seems to be a more powerful emotional argument.
On the posh boy angle, you have to have lived through people furiously insisting that Jacob Rees-Mogg is an enemy of the elite. /1
On the posh boy angle, you have to have lived through people furiously insisting that Jacob Rees-Mogg is an enemy of the elite. /1
August 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
"Yeah, but *illegals* are going to *rape* my *daughter*, etc, etc." still seems to be a more powerful emotional argument.
On the posh boy angle, you have to have lived through people furiously insisting that Jacob Rees-Mogg is an enemy of the elite. /1
On the posh boy angle, you have to have lived through people furiously insisting that Jacob Rees-Mogg is an enemy of the elite. /1
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Back in 2020 I posted this.
August 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Back in 2020 I posted this.
It’s inevitably going to have to be some variation of that I think. But politicians* are understandably wary of running an argument premised on the notion that politicians cannot be trusted.
*Who are not populists
*Who are not populists
August 14, 2025 at 7:59 AM
It’s inevitably going to have to be some variation of that I think. But politicians* are understandably wary of running an argument premised on the notion that politicians cannot be trusted.
*Who are not populists
*Who are not populists
“When Corbyn comes to power, he’ll brainwash your kids and if we don’t have the Convention to turn to *he* gets to decide whether or not you have any right to speak up”.
August 14, 2025 at 7:41 AM
“When Corbyn comes to power, he’ll brainwash your kids and if we don’t have the Convention to turn to *he* gets to decide whether or not you have any right to speak up”.
I think a lot of people think you get sacked for not being woke. So you could make an emotional case for the ECHR on that basis but no-one who supports the ECHR would want to make it. What would it look like? /2
August 14, 2025 at 7:41 AM
I think a lot of people think you get sacked for not being woke. So you could make an emotional case for the ECHR on that basis but no-one who supports the ECHR would want to make it. What would it look like? /2
That’s probably right but most people aren’t impacted by crime or immigration either. That’s the problem, the question is not whether they are impacted but whether they think it’s an important problem. /1
August 14, 2025 at 7:41 AM
That’s probably right but most people aren’t impacted by crime or immigration either. That’s the problem, the question is not whether they are impacted but whether they think it’s an important problem. /1
Happy Jeremy Clarkson bragging about how successful he’s been day to those who celebrate (and good luck to A level candidates and those who love them).
August 14, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Happy Jeremy Clarkson bragging about how successful he’s been day to those who celebrate (and good luck to A level candidates and those who love them).
Trump on job stats: “I’m going to make up a number. Then I’m going to make up a larger number and congratulate myself.”
August 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Trump on job stats: “I’m going to make up a number. Then I’m going to make up a larger number and congratulate myself.”
Trump on DC crime stats: “I’m going to make up a number. Then I’m going to make up a smaller number and congratulate myself.”
August 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Trump on DC crime stats: “I’m going to make up a number. Then I’m going to make up a smaller number and congratulate myself.”
Haha. That must be the worst penalty I’ve ever seen
August 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Haha. That must be the worst penalty I’ve ever seen
I hate pens. But, you know, good luck
August 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I hate pens. But, you know, good luck
Article 8 and 10 arguments are vital to both sides in a number of tribunal and court cases that deal with frontline culture war issues. Higgs is just one example. So it's Very difficult but I think not impossible
August 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Article 8 and 10 arguments are vital to both sides in a number of tribunal and court cases that deal with frontline culture war issues. Higgs is just one example. So it's Very difficult but I think not impossible