If protecting our veterans from vexatious prosecution really isn’t compatible with ECHR membership, this only strengthens the case for leaving the ECHR altogether.
Sometimes military force is abused, mis-used, or disastrously misjudged. However, history also shows that it can halt aggression, stop atrocities, and bring down regimes that brutalise their own people. Just War theory does not claim that violence is never justified.
Why did they submit dozens of files to the public prosecution service, only to have them rejected as not meeting the legal test – all of which was predictable? The process has become the punishment.
Bombs exploded in Tottenham Court Road, in Oxford Street, inside Harrods in Knightsbridge and at the London home of Edward Heath. Every person and every place was a “legitimate target” for this gang.
What is to stop Colton J, or another Northern Ireland judge, judicially reviewing Labour’s legislation (after enactment) and making another declaration of incompatibility?
By exposing veterans to further investigations, whilst potentially enabling figures like Adams to exploit the legal system – and sue the British taxpayer – all in the name of “upholding human rights”; the Government risks alienating those who defend the nation.
That the DUP and Ulster Unionists felt confident enough to issue measured condolences shows how far unionism has travelled but a row over attendance at the funeral showed there’s still a desire within Nationalism to manufacture grievance and reinforce narratives of exclusion.
The Shadow Justice Secretary sets out how members of the IRA are set for big cash payouts, while veterans who risked their lives stopping their attacks are open to mass prosecution.
I urge the Government to reject any external interference, honour our covenant with the armed forces, and reaffirm its commitment to those who protected the United Kingdom.
The I.R.A. didn’t know on which floor the Prime Minster intended to stay but guessed that it would be an upper floor.
Unless we keep politicians in hermetically sealed containers, they will always be vulnerable to forms of abuse, intimidation, and violence. But the threat is rising.
It is little good for the Irish Government to protest about the UK’s Legacy Act whilst refusing to use its own extensive powers to hold admitted terrorists to account.
Yesterday marked fifty years since Edward Heath asked voters “Who governs Britain?” and received the polite but firm reply of “Not you, mate”.
Private security guards will soon be deployed at constituency events. MPs most at risk will be able to apply for 24/7 protection. Funds “will also pay for increased security such as CCTV, alarms and sensors required at MPs’ homes or constituency offices.”
The context was the conservatives’ 2023 Northern Ireland legacy act (public law), which the feeble Starmer government set out to repeal and replace (now paused), in order principally to please the Irish government and reset relationships with the EU.