40 Reasons to Vote Labour

REASON 6
THE BRITISH BILL OF RIGHTS
The conservative government, whilst Theresa May was Home Secretary,
brought forward plans to pull out of the European Convention on Human
Rights and replace it with a British Bill of Rights.
Please note that this has nothing to do with Britain Leaving the EU. We have
been part of the convention since it was introduced by the Council of Europe
- nothing to do with the EU either - and there are 47 members. The fact that
the convention involves other countries offers some additional protection
for our human rights should we find ourselves with a more extreme
government.
Groups who have benefitted from judgments under the convention have
included the disabled, gay and trans people, children and innocent people
whose data was unlawfully retained.
The Bill of Rights proposed by the Conservatives will not be published until
after the election but the document proposing the change includes the
phrase "There will be a threshold below which Convention rights will not be
engaged" - in other words a level at which our rights may not be guaranteed
or defended as they would be under the convention.
Labour supports our continuing membership of the convention.
VOTE LABOUR TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE'S HUMAN
RIGHTS ARE FULLY PROTECTED - INCLUDING
PROTECTING THEM FROM OUR OWN GOVERNMENT