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It would be easy to believe right-wing loons like Nigel Farage have a point when people start having hysterics at the notion of reinterpreting human rights laws.

They don’t.

But articles like this one, from The Guardian, don’t help:

“Keir Starmer and Europe’s hardline governments risk creating a “hierarchy of people” as they seek to address migration by curbing fundamental rights, Europe’s most senior human rights official has said.

“Michael O’Flaherty, the Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights… pointed to the “lazy correlation” of migration and crime as an example. “This doesn’t correspond with reality,” he said.

““For every inch yielded, there’s going to be another inch demanded,” he said. “Where does it stop? For example, the focus right now is on migrants, in large part. But who is it going to be about next time around? ””

His view is supported, more or less by Lord Alf Dubs, Baroness Chakrabarti, Liberty director Akiko Hart and others.

The real question isn’t “Are reforms good or bad?” but “What exactly is being changed, and does it genuinely threaten anyone’s rights?”

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