I'd be more skeptical of this news, for two reasons:
1) It's not particularly "new" news; the tories have campaigned for years to scrap the Human Rights Act...and replace it with a "British Bill of Rights". They aren't going to get rid of legislation without putting something in its place; the main grief they have with the Human Rights Act is that it's controlled by the EU, and there are several British laws which violate it already anyway (restricting prisoners from voting, for example).
2) These are the conservatives which are led by a man who pushed for gay marriage to be legalised, and won that vote. I'm not saying David Cameron is a civil rights hero, but he's not an outright villain either.
1) It's not particularly "new" news; the tories have campaigned for years to scrap the Human Rights Act...and replace it with a "British Bill of Rights". They aren't going to get rid of legislation without putting something in its place; the main grief they have with the Human Rights Act is that it's controlled by the EU, and there are several British laws which violate it already anyway (restricting prisoners from voting, for example).
2) These are the conservatives which are led by a man who pushed for gay marriage to be legalised, and won that vote. I'm not saying David Cameron is a civil rights hero, but he's not an outright villain either.
