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26-04-2016, 02:48 PM
Another example in a long line as to why actors should stay out of politics.
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After 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 ...
..says the Guardian and Patrick Stewart. What history books have they been reading?
The (actual) Facts
- Slavery was abolished in the British Isles in the 1200s:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_British_Isles
- Slavery and the trading of slaves was abolished by Britain across her Empire in 1833:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833
- The right to a fair trial (which still doesn't exist across Europe - by jury) in Britain has existed gradually since the Magna Carta in 1215:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta
- Protection against arbitury imprisonment (which is still practiced across Europe) was introduced in 1628:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petition_of_Right
- The "abhorrance" on torture being used to acquire evidence and used in courts has been banned for over 500 years under English law:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/dec/08/terrorism.uk
Why do people believe this rubbish just because it is done well in a professional video on the Guardian when it is so easy to check the real facts?
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After 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 ...
..says the Guardian and Patrick Stewart. What history books have they been reading?
The (actual) Facts
- Slavery was abolished in the British Isles in the 1200s:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_British_Isles
- Slavery and the trading of slaves was abolished by Britain across her Empire in 1833:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833
- The right to a fair trial (which still doesn't exist across Europe - by jury) in Britain has existed gradually since the Magna Carta in 1215:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta
- Protection against arbitury imprisonment (which is still practiced across Europe) was introduced in 1628:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petition_of_Right
- The "abhorrance" on torture being used to acquire evidence and used in courts has been banned for over 500 years under English law:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/dec/08/terrorism.uk
Why do people believe this rubbish just because it is done well in a professional video on the Guardian when it is so easy to check the real facts?