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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Today, 06:35 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 398
Posted By Mojo
About what you would expect from someone who gets...

About what you would expect from someone who gets their information from the Wail.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Today, 05:31 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 398
Posted By Mojo
(They had a bird’s eye view of John Major’s back...

(They had a bird’s eye view of John Major’s back yard.)
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Today, 04:54 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 398
Posted By Mojo
You’re forgetting the claim that Germans are...

You’re forgetting the claim that Germans are naïve because they cite legislation outside the jurisdiction to which it applies.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Today, 04:23 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 398
Posted By Mojo
There’s an entire series of law reports dealing...

There’s an entire series of law reports dealing with HRA cases: https://www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/Product/Human-Rights/Human-Rights-Law-Reports-UK-Cases/Journal/30791268
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Today, 04:16 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 398
Posted By Mojo
Indeed, but that’s Article 6 of the ECHR, not of...

Indeed, but that’s Article 6 of the ECHR, not of the HRA.




The UK’s ratification of the ECHR incorporated the Convention rights into UK law. The HRA permits the UK courts to make decisions on...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Today, 03:57 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 398
Posted By Mojo
The EU has acceded to the ECHR, but this doesn’t...

The EU has acceded to the ECHR, but this doesn’t mean that the “HRA is derived from the EU”, or that the HRA applies in any EU country.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Today, 03:53 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 398
Posted By Mojo
Nope, that’s just Convention itself. It had...

Nope, that’s just Convention itself. It had applied in the UK since September 1953, and in other signatory countries either since then or since whenever they ratified it. The HRA has no effect in any...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Today, 03:45 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 398
Posted By Mojo
https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/lucy_search_1.cgi?q...

https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/lucy_search_1.cgi?query=(%22Equality%20act%22)&method=boolean&datelow=&highlight=1&mask_path=/eu/cases+/ew/cases+/ie/cases+/nie/cases+/scot/cases+/uk/cases+/ae/cases+/qa...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Today, 03:44 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 398
Posted By Mojo
As I said, you clearly don’t know what it is or...

As I said, you clearly don’t know what it is or what it does.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Today, 03:42 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 398
Posted By Mojo
I don’t know why we bothered leaving when...

I don’t know why we bothered leaving when Westminster can just produce legislation that applies across the whole EU.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Today, 03:39 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 398
Posted By Mojo
Well, let’s have a look at the numbers for a few...

Well, let’s have a look at the numbers for a few others. These are just searching for the phrase, so they will include any judgment where the acts are simply mentioned. In some cases, e.g. the...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Today, 02:56 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 398
Posted By Mojo
Anyway, have you made any progress in finding a...

Anyway, have you made any progress in finding a German case where the HRA has been cited?
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Today, 02:55 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 398
Posted By Mojo
They apply the HRA every time they consider the...

They apply the HRA every time they consider the Convention rights. If not, they would have to refer the case to the ECHR.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Today, 02:50 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 398
Posted By Mojo
Do read the chambers page vixen cited, which says...

Do read the chambers page vixen cited, which says that the has been a large volume of litigation applying the HRA.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Today, 02:48 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 398
Posted By Mojo
Again, you don’t know what the HRA does. It’s...

Again, you don’t know what the HRA does. It’s application has nothing to do with whether the claims succeed or fail, just whether they can be considered by UK courts.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Today, 02:37 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 398
Posted By Mojo
But not the Theft Act or the Homicide Act. ...

But not the Theft Act or the Homicide Act.




As I said, you clearly don’t know what it is.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Today, 02:29 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 398
Posted By Mojo
They seem to share your misconceptions about the...

They seem to share your misconceptions about the HRA.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Today, 02:19 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 398
Posted By Mojo
That just means that the courts have largely...

That just means that the courts have largely found that Article 8 of the ECHR doesn’t apply in insolvency cases. It doesn’t mean that they disapprove of the HRA.

I think the problem here is that...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Today, 01:54 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 398
Posted By Mojo
If the court makes a finding relating to Article...

If the court makes a finding relating to Article 8, then they are applying the HRA.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Today, 01:52 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 398
Posted By Mojo
Can you cite a single German case in which the...

Can you cite a single German case in which the HRA was cited? Your claim, remember, was that citing the HRA was “not so unusual” in German courts.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Today, 01:47 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 398
Posted By Mojo
Your belief doesn’t matter. It says that there...

Your belief doesn’t matter. It says that there has been “a large volume of litigation” applying the HRA.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Today, 01:40 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 398
Posted By Mojo
That doesn’t mean that the HRA wasn’t applied. In...

That doesn’t mean that the HRA wasn’t applied. In fact, if a UK court decided that a claim based on the Convention rights failed, then they applied the HRA.

Now, do you have anything to back up...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy Today, 01:26 AM
Replies: 3,158
Views: 141,236
Posted By Mojo
Your comment is definitely invalid.

Your comment is definitely invalid.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy Today, 01:22 AM
Replies: 3,158
Views: 141,236
Posted By Mojo
Yes, he’s claiming that single-celled organisms...

Yes, he’s claiming that single-celled organisms have souls.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Today, 01:10 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 398
Posted By Mojo
Incidentally, the source you cited contradicts...

Incidentally, the source you cited contradicts your claim. It says that there “has been a large volume of litigation surrounding the application of Article 8.”
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Today, 12:08 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 398
Posted By Mojo
No, it isn’t “derived from the EU”. It’s a UK...

No, it isn’t “derived from the EU”. It’s a UK statute, allowing British courts to directly apply the rights we already had as a result of the UK’s ratification of the European Convention on Human...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Yesterday, 11:50 PM
Replies: 75
Views: 398
Posted By Mojo
That was specifically talking about insolvency...

That was specifically talking about insolvency practice, where perhaps human rights don’t come up so often. It does not support your claim that “courts are not generally interested in the Human...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Yesterday, 10:30 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 398
Posted By Mojo
You think citing a UK act in a German court...

You think citing a UK act in a German court wouldn’t be unusual?
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Yesterday, 09:46 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 398
Posted By Mojo
The entire purpose of the HRA is to allow the...

The entire purpose of the HRA is to allow the British courts to directly apply the Convention rights without having to refer to the European Court of Human Rights, that’s where it’s going to be...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics Yesterday, 04:57 AM
Replies: 2,189
Views: 61,461
Posted By Mojo
Boris will, of course, read that as “I take...

Boris will, of course, read that as “I take responsibility…”[/QUOTE]


Johnson avoids accepting responsibility for Tory byelection defeats in letter to Dowden...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 23rd June 2022, 11:13 PM
Replies: 2,189
Views: 61,461
Posted By Mojo
Oliver Dowden resigns as Conservative party chair...

Oliver Dowden resigns as Conservative party chair in wake of byelection losses...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 23rd June 2022, 08:08 PM
Replies: 2,189
Views: 61,461
Posted By Mojo
Labour regain Wakefield, Lib Dems take Tiverton...

Labour regain Wakefield, Lib Dems take Tiverton and Honiton.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 23rd June 2022, 02:18 PM
Replies: 3,158
Views: 141,236
Posted By Mojo
It wouldn’t surprise me one little bit.

It wouldn’t surprise me one little bit.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 23rd June 2022, 01:27 PM
Replies: 3,158
Views: 141,236
Posted By Mojo
Nope.

Nope.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 23rd June 2022, 10:46 AM
Replies: 3,129
Views: 214,453
Posted By Mojo
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/rees-mogg-g...

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/rees-mogg-government-brexit-assessment_uk_62b338a5e4b04a61736499c5[/QUOTE]


I agree. Any assessment made by Rees-Mogg would be bound to be utter bilge.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 23rd June 2022, 09:36 AM
Replies: 3,397
Views: 238,598
Posted By Mojo
Being a conspiracy theorist means doing your own...

Being a conspiracy theorist means doing your own research to find your own facts.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 22nd June 2022, 11:03 AM
Replies: 3,158
Views: 141,236
Posted By Mojo
Remember what you posted: If, as you...

Remember what you posted:


If, as you admit, you “do not have enough knowledge to prove God through empirical knowledge and objective evidence”, then this approach that you claim “is completely...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 21st June 2022, 10:58 PM
Replies: 3,158
Views: 141,236
Posted By Mojo
Initially you claimed that you “did some research...

Initially you claimed that you “did some research in the lab to prove the supernatural”, but you later admitted that this was not the case. So it would appear that you are one of these people. Your...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 21st June 2022, 09:53 AM
Replies: 2,189
Views: 61,461
Posted By Mojo
No, you might actually know something about the...

No, you might actually know something about the job, so as far as this government goes you’re hugely overqualified.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 21st June 2022, 05:15 AM
Replies: 2,189
Views: 61,461
Posted By Mojo
I wouldn’t be surprised if the train workers had...

I wouldn’t be surprised if the train workers had dismissed the Transport Secretary in very similar terms.
Forum: USA Politics 19th June 2022, 02:35 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 977
Posted By Mojo
Wait until he finds out that murderers don’t have...

Wait until he finds out that murderers don’t have to carry out risk assessments for their victims.
Forum: USA Politics 19th June 2022, 12:23 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 977
Posted By Mojo
We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and...

We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!
Forum: USA Politics 19th June 2022, 12:23 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 977
Posted By Mojo
Please explain how that post makes any sense.

Please explain how that post makes any sense.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 18th June 2022, 11:51 PM
Replies: 2,189
Views: 61,461
Posted By Mojo
Nearly…

Nearly…
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 18th June 2022, 04:46 AM
Replies: 2,189
Views: 61,461
Posted By Mojo
When they do something that’s not in Boris’s...

When they do something that’s not in Boris’s interest.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 16th June 2022, 08:16 AM
Replies: 2,189
Views: 61,461
Posted By Mojo
Yes, they used to be Matt Lucas’s hair stylist.

Yes, they used to be Matt Lucas’s hair stylist.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 14th June 2022, 11:28 PM
Replies: 2,189
Views: 61,461
Posted By Mojo
Well, apart from being signed up to the ECHR...

Well, apart from being signed up to the ECHR being effectively a condition of EU membership.
Forum: USA Politics 13th June 2022, 04:08 PM
Replies: 198
Views: 2,195
Posted By Mojo
What are you trying to say when you keep going,...

What are you trying to say when you keep going, “WAAA! PARTISAN!!!”?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th June 2022, 12:03 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 904
Posted By Mojo
“DC”.

“DC”.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 11th June 2022, 12:01 AM
Replies: 2,189
Views: 61,461
Posted By Mojo
Anyway, why would it be any less of a benefit to...

Anyway, why would it be any less of a benefit to the tenants than the sale of council/housing association housing?
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