Plans to scrap the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights would make the principle of free speech a legal ‘trump card’ – according to Dominic Raab.
The justice secretary’s comments come as his party looks to replace the Human Rights Act
He told the newspaper: ‘Whether [it’s] ‘by the privacy issue or whether it’s wokery and political correctness. I worry about those parameters of free speech being revoked. This is despite the European Convention on Human Rights, which is enshrined into UK law through the HRA, stating the freedom of expression ‘may be subject to such formalities, conditions, restrictions or penalties as are prescribed by law’.
The deputy prime minister continued: ‘We will still be clamping down on those who try and use either media or free speech to incite violence, to radicalise terrorists, or to threaten children. All of those safeguards will be in place.
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