Why I'd axe the Human Rights Act, by Howard.

From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: March 18, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: PAUL EASTHAM

MICHAEL HOWARD will today promise to overhaul or abolish the Human Rights Act, which he claims is destroying Britain's tradition of fairness.

The Tory leader will say the 1998 legislation unleashed a tide of political correctness, costly litigation, a rampant compensation culture and weakened justice.

If he wins power there will be a wholesale review of the Act and 'if it can't be improved, it will be scrapped', he will declare.

Mr Howard has attacked the practical impact of the human rights legislation before. But in a speech in Scotland he ...

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