Posts Tagged ‘ECHR’
Criminal votes
So prisoners are going to be given the vote. Has the world come to an end?
According to the Daily Mail and its ilk it has. Everyone on both sides of the political fence are up in arms about it on the basis that criminals do not have rights. Everyone on both sides of the fence who hate Europe are up in arms about it on the basis that the EU is trouncing our own democracy.
Here’s my take on the issue and I don’t think the world has ended. It might surprise many but I think the decision is pretty fair.