Welcome to another week.
As the Conservatives come to power this month, their plans to scrap the Human Rights Act and replace it with a Bill of Rights has been placed in the hands of the new Justice Secretary, Michael Gove.
Some say the Human Rights Act is responsible for judgments which don’t sit well with the collective conscience, whilst others inside the family justice system take the view that it has become increasingly important as a means to protecting our ever-eroding freedoms. Meanwhile, no one as yet knows how the transition will work from Act to Bill, nor whether the end result will indeed be an improvement on the current legislation.
Our question to you then, is this: do you think the replacement of the Human Rights Act with a Bill of Rights will bolster the child welfare system, or break it, both in the interim period, and after the Bill’s inception?
Researching Reform 
Dépends entierely on the contents of the new Bill and whether it increases feedom of speech,transparency in the courts,the right to call your own relevant witnesses,and the right no longer to be punished if you have not committed a crime ;or the contrary !
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Well said, Ian!
I’m afraid I am VERY pessimistic regarding anything like ‘human rights’ in the UK, given my experience of victims of white collar crimes in general and child ‘protection’ in particular.
However, I shall keep trying, especially along the European Dimension of the worst of all cases that has come our way – with the now ‘internet famous’ whistleblower kids: http://whistleblowerkids.uk/ aka Hampstead Scandal: http://whistleblowerkids.uk/
Also, because I just learned in Brussels that other countries are just about as bad. But I shall not try to compare badness. I concentrate on what I know and that I’d prefer to come back to the flat where I’ve lived since 1985 than try to find a new life in exile due to Barnet Police and Barnet Council.
More on http://sabinemcneill.pressbooks.com/
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Well, I’m not sure there are human rights in family courts! Can anyone show me an example?
A raft of new laws have already been passed with very little, if any, fanfare. Most involve curtailing peoples freedoms and are of benefit to the government. More are to come under the Conservatives. We have become an Orwellian Big Brother State.
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I think the words of being afraid, very afraid are apt here.
We exist and live in a world wholly alien to the Etonians in power, never have they ever had to worry about the next weeks food or the electric, old money and old power and so like Antionette said herself, we will be eating cake or so they think because they think so many of us are just having a rave on the dole, disability is simply a minor inconvenience and children, well like so many before, the children belong to the state, to use and abuse, to profit and exploit from and we are going to see a steamroller aimed at parents who can’t afford an independent lawyer.
And I wonder if their attitude is somewhat brought about by their own away from home private schooling, with mater and pater doing their thing and looked after at other times by nannies and governesses, lacking that daily bond and association between family and child could very well be steering their viewpoints.
Yet the UK has begun in earnest following the American way, the government cannot be wrong, the state cannot be wrong, neither will apologise, neither will adopt new ways unless its been forced upon them as per the Ferguson anti police riots, every time they get it wrong, out is rolled the pithy pseudo apology but we have seen time and again nothing changes.
Because so many high placed people are likely to be implicated, expect now the child abuse inquiry to follow Jersey’s, hasn’t anyone noticed that nothing apart from a few shock suicides (one in this town by a millionaire linked to it) and they literally ignored it all and bought enough time to cleanse their cupboard and children allegedly were murdered there, we are given this time and again excuse about Asian gangs in Rotherham and Rochdale but its not, it really is not them, yes they maybe “paying” customers but they are just a very small tip of a very organised, very protected system that has turned many adoptive, foster and children homes into brothels for the rich.
And all that will change is they will be more circumspect, more prone to sweeping their trails and ensuring they will never get their collars felt whilst being entrusted with the very vulnerable of our people, I don’t advocate violence but I would understand if this is whitewashed again, that its likely victims may feel compelled to act through loss of faith in a broken system, justice has to be seen to be done or the whole system is worthless.
Some of you might remember back in 2005, a certain Theresa May sneaking about the groups and conferences looking for support, promises made to the wronged, I remember sitting in a hotel bar with her across from me wringing her hands in mock sympathy and as soon as they got into power, they tied Laughtons hands and made it easier for social services to steal children, this is the real nasty party and now they don’t even have the brakes of the Lib Dem’s to restrain them, Cameron only has to wave the whip and they will all vote to tory dogma, our vulnerable have never been at more risk since the end of WWII and myself being mentally disabled am very frightened for my future.
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I confess I know very little about either bill or act, but I doubt the Tories’ motivation for this is what they say. They are not usually motivated to do anything for the people of the U.K., apart from a very select few.
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It is only the people of the nation getting together and bringing change not voting them into power to be the voice for the nation, for 100s of years MPs say this or that all goes no where, but if there was a war then the nation will rise up with their guns and march to protect Britian for what is beyond me as Britian is and has always been so corrupt and will never change and the nation will continue to be the lambs to the slaughter. I am so proud of the Egyption people after years of a living hell they finally came together and fought them in power but the British nation will never do that and the children will continue to be screaming to be heard.
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