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Originally Posted by towny
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In October 2000 Britain incorporated the European Convention on Human Rights into domestic law. By withdrawing from the Convention and repealing this legislation British citizens would no longer be protected by a set of fundamental human rights.
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And how often do we repeal legislation? There are laws on the books going back 400+ years. The only legislation I can think of as being repealed is law that is consolidated (all Company Law into CA85), and Hanging.