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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-04-19"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120419.18.4-418-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-04-19-Speech-4-419-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Nicole Sinclaire2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, as a MEP I deal with constituency issues on a daily basis: issues where EU law affects people’s daily lives, either directly or indirectly. I am here to tell you that there is one deeply flawed law that, above all others, damages British life and puts our lives in daily peril. It is the Human Rights Act. It is a rotten law that Britain loathes. Human rights are worth protecting, and I am vocal in the protection of human rights. The Human Rights Act, however, was created in Britain by the Labour Party, which, despite warnings, was reckless as to the consequences. However, this EU-backed – and soon to be enshrined – law is now routinely and regularly abused by those who can cause havoc in civil society. Terrorists, criminals and illegal immigrants, with and without cats. More often than not, judges who apply human rights law decide that those rights trump those of the majority: decent, honest, hard-working British people. The case of Abu Qatada is attracting media attention. The human rights law, by allowing Abu Qatada to dodge deportation to Jordan, has inflamed the British public. Simply, the Court of Human Rights leaves Britain unable to defend its interests. In a recent survey, 75% of British people said they think that the act should be scrapped altogether. It is the Treaty of Lisbon that allows the EU to sign up to the ECHR, which further imprisons the British public, who never got a chance to say no through a referendum. Let me tell you, the British public are shouting aloud: ‘No to the human rights law! Release us from these shackles’."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question under Rule 149(8))"1 "Nicole Sinclaire (NI ). -"1
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