In an exclusive vote on this website by TechneUK, 63% of those who voted for Remain in the 2016 referendum have the ability to dismiss the decision made by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in a British court. I found that I believed. Only 27% of those who support the UK membership of the Brussels Club believe that it is wrong for a Strasburg-based court to invalidate a decision by a British judge.
By comparison, 62% of those who supported the vacation campaign believe that the ECHR is wrongly influencing British rules.
The results of a survey of 1,624 adults in the UK on June 29 and 30 suggest that new Brexit cracks are open throughout the UK.
Ministers are currently pushing for new legislation to reduce the role of the ECHR, and one source told Express.co.uk last night that removing ECHR’s jurisdiction was a “priority”. ..
Action is being taken after the ECHR has upset the takeoff of its first flight to Rwanda under the new UK asylum seeker system.
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It was expected that seven people would be taken to a country in East Africa an hour and a half before the plane departed.
However, the ECHR’s ruling, which prevented one on board from being removed, allowed the other six groups to successfully apply for a last-minute provisional injunction.
Interior Minister Priti Patel signed an agreement with Rwanda in April to allow Britain to deport those who illegally arrived in the country for asylum.
She said the deal would help reduce the number of people at risk from France to the English Channel and save lives.
The British Court of Human Rights rejected attempts to prevent the first flight from taking off before the ECHR intervened.
The government is currently preparing to accelerate legislation promoting the Bill of Rights through Parliament to remove ECHR’s authority over British courts.
He told the MP: “Our Bill of Rights will strengthen our proud tradition of freedom and make the separation of powers clearer.
“It will ensure greater respect for our democratic system, better protect our people, and restore sound common sense to the judicial system, which is essential for directing the trust of our people.
“Ultimately, it helps us to be more free and keep our city safer.
“We will strengthen the separation of powers in this country, confirm the superiority of the Supreme Court, and make it clear that the British courts are not obliged to comply with the Strasbourg case law and in fact are free to deviate from it.
The bill replaced the human rights law introduced by Sir Tony Blair in 1998, requiring the United Kingdom to comply with a ruling set by the ECHR.
In Torries’ plan, British courts do not always have to follow Strasbourg’s case law, and the Supreme Court will be resurrected as the ultimate decision maker on human rights issues.
Although the ECHR has nothing to do with the European Union, many Conservative lawmakers say in a 2016 referendum that the pledge to “regain the rule of law” is evidence that voters want to act on Strasbourg’s influence. believe.
Former Minister Desmond Swain said last week that “regaining control also applies to the ECHR.”