Originally Posted by Phil DJ
I wouldn't scrap a law but I would scrap all this 'Human Rights' bollocks.
The Human Rights Act?
Are you serious????
- Article 2: Right to Life
- Article 3: Prohibition on Torture
- Article 4: Prohibition on slavery and forced labour
- Article 5: Right to liberty and security
- Article 6: Right to a fair trial
- Article 7: No punishment without law
- Article 8: Right to respect for private and family life
- Article 9: Freedom of thought, conscience and religion
- Article 10: Right to freedom of expression
- Article 11: Freedom of assembly and association
- Article 12: Right to marry and found a family
- Article 14: Prohibition on discrimination
- Article 1 of the First Protocol: Protection of property
- Article 2 of the First Protocol: Right to education
- Article 3 of the First Protocol: Right to free elections
Which parts do you disagree with?
Originally Posted by kennyA
The law which says you are free to choose to vote or not should be removed, or at least the law should change.
Everyone MUST vote, unless they have a pretty good excuse, like death or something...
What if
a. There is no party you can, in good conscience, vote for?
or
b. You consider voting to be condoning a system which you do not support or believe in?