tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post1723909487553093471..comments2024-03-28T07:16:39.621+00:00Comments on Lallands Peat Worrier: Cameron "takes his case to Strasbourg..."Lallands Peat Worrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276270498204697708noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-91833210395678535412012-01-28T10:25:19.072+00:002012-01-28T10:25:19.072+00:00David,
What other alternative forms of sharing wo...David,<br /><br />What other alternative forms of sharing would you like?Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-39284192291852626422012-01-28T01:30:58.284+00:002012-01-28T01:30:58.284+00:00LPW
EXPAANNDDD your list of sharing options on you...LPW<br />EXPAANNDDD your list of sharing options on your share button to let your word go forth even unto the very ends of the blogosphere: T'would be bliss & with doughty Ecclefechan on board, too, the world's perceptions would be incalculably enriched. As Nike (sports socks & kit) would have you & us endeavour - "Just do it".<br /><br />Yours in scrivening<br />Ninian Caractacus Angus MacStooshie<br />Editor Emmeritus, Caerpentullach BugleDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02975588480290026016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-83888859755761544932012-01-26T15:45:49.558+00:002012-01-26T15:45:49.558+00:00From the content of Cameron's speech in Strasb...From the <a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2012/01/human-rights-court-national" rel="nofollow">content of Cameron's speech in Strasbourg</a> yesterday, it wasn't exactly a Thatcherite handbag...Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-36012415335197504272012-01-23T20:00:56.907+00:002012-01-23T20:00:56.907+00:00Is it a real 'committed 'case' he'...Is it a real 'committed 'case' he's taking; or just an overnight bag?Crinkly & Ragged Arsed Philosophershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08902364411241935656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-17568468324238442612012-01-23T19:19:30.567+00:002012-01-23T19:19:30.567+00:00It’s absolutely true that the proportion of cases ...It’s absolutely true that the proportion of cases in which the ECtHR over-rules UK courts is tiny, but it is amusing and instructive that of that number a significant percentage – like the recent Abu Qatada case – will have gone to Strasbourg because the UK Supreme Court has failed to do its job of applying Convention rights. Which rather gives the lie to those who tell us that access to the UK Supreme Court is somehow a satisfactory substitute for direct access from the Scots courts to Strasbourg, rather than a fifth wheel. And while I am on this theme, does anyone else find it rich that Messrs Salmond and MacAskill can attract faux opprobrium for their perfectly justifiable views on the UK Supreme Court’s expertise in Scots law, yet John Scott QC can apparently call the judges of the jurisdiction in which he plies his trade “immature” and the judiciary’s erstwhile doughty defenders keep schtum?Am Firinnnoreply@blogger.com