Highlighting Douglas Carswell's statement: "Human Rights legislation has empowered judges to make political decisions. Matters that ought to be decided by those answerable to the rest of us through the ballot box are increasingly determined by the judiciary"; Musings on Liberty makes the point that this problem stems from ill-conceived legislation being rushed through Parliament. However it is also the fault of the mindless government backbenchers who, without considering the potential consequences, vote for whatever is placed before them.
Any legislation, besides being well drafted (which it presently is not), must be subject to detailed scrutiny (which it presently is not) by an intelligent, informed and aware legislature (which presently we do not have).
One further thought: If judges wish to make what are, in effect political decisions, then perhaps they too should stand for election?
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Thanks for the link David. You are absolutely right - if judges want to be politicians then they should stand for election.
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