What has the ECHR ever done for us?

from the article on guardian: "Theresa May says Britain should leave the European convention on human rights, Patrick Stewart, Adrian Scarborough and Sarah Solemani expose the problems in the Conservative plan for a UK bill of rights. This satirical take on the classic Monty Python sketch asks ‘what has the European Convention on Human Rights ever done for us?’ Apart from the right to a fair trial, freedom from slavery, freedom from torture ...
• WARNING: Contains strong language."
sanderbossays...

It's a funny video.

But it's also dumb and stupid, in the sense that the ECHR may hold these values, but it's not like it *introduced* those value to the UK.
And you don't have to take my word on that, they actually discuss this starting at 2:45 in this blooming video...???

bareboards2says...

Um, that was the point of the video. Did you miss that part? That it was the whole point of the video?

sanderbossaid:

It's a funny video.

But it's also dumb and stupid, in the sense that the ECHR may hold these values, but it's not like it *introduced* those value to the UK.
And you don't have to take my word on that, they actually discuss this starting at 2:45 in this blooming video...???

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