Green Paper on Rights and Responsibilities launched

Finally.  How exciting.
Ministry of inJustice:
Published on: 23 March 2009
A Green Paper on constitutional reform, launched to start a national debate about the future of rights and responsibilities.
The paper explores if our rights and responsibilities should be drawn together in one place, perhaps in a Bill of Rights and Reponsibilities, so they are easily accessible and [...]

The Human Rights Act is held up by Labour as a Good Thing

But is it true?
An interesting article by Dominic Raab.

Yet another Straw speech – when is he going to enumerate our responsibilities?

Jack Straw gave the keynote speech at the annual conference of the British Institute of Human Rights.  Usual guff.
People are now well aware of what we are entitled to but less cognisant of those duties beholden upon us. ‘Liberty means responsibility’, wrote George Bernard Shaw, ‘that is why most men dread it’. It is perhaps not [...]

Oral evidence on Bill of Rights from Straw and Wills

Some uncorrected oral evidence has been uploaded to the JHCR’s website:
The purpose of this session is to follow up on our report on a Bill of Rights and Freedoms for the United Kingdom and the Government’s reply, and it is also our annual oral evidence session with the Minister of Justice and Human Rights Minister. [...]

Dear Daily Mail readers

No matter what you may think of the Human Rights Act and the European Convention on Human Rights, Jack (Boot) Straw is rather dishonest and does not have the answers.
The Daily Mail:
… But despite his love of this traditional pageantry, in an interview with the Mail he leaves no doubt that his in-tray as Justice Secretary [...]