tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post5438464973061430866..comments2023-11-05T09:37:36.840+01:00Comments on A View From Rural Wales: More on Votes for Prisoners.Glyn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10442114752573417252noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-70888549388385179392012-11-28T01:19:29.239+01:002012-11-28T01:19:29.239+01:00"The High Contracting Parties undertake to ho..."The High Contracting Parties undertake to hold free elections at<br />reasonable intervals by secret ballot, under conditions which will<br />ensure the free expression of the opinion of the people in the<br />choice of the legislature."<br /><br />The United Kingdom agreed to allow the Strasbourg Court to interpret and enforce this provision. The Court has held, not unreasonably, that the provision affects who is entitled to vote. <br /><br />An adult political system should accept its responsibility to obey the law. Even when it disagrees. Especially when it disagrees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-16112843855804376072012-11-23T08:57:56.971+01:002012-11-23T08:57:56.971+01:00It is fair enough to point out the UK role in esta...It is fair enough to point out the UK role in establishing the ECHR. However the so-called judges in Strasbourg have and are straying from protecting Human Rights into meddling with civic rights. <br /><br />The basic Human Right is a Right to Life. The right to vote if you have been incarcerated for a crime has nothing whatsoever to do with Human Rights and it is a perversion of a very important concept so to claim. <br /><br />So clip the wings of the Strasbourg "judges". Marx would have described them as "useful idiots" and if you have a goal the destruction of our society you will have no difficulty in using the judgements of these useful idiots to support your cause.<br /><br />If the only way to limit their 'powers' is to refuse to have anything to do with the idiots, so be it.Roy Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18061903364755451267noreply@blogger.com