Comments by "Tim Smith" (@timonsolus) on "Britain heading towards ‘elected dictatorship’ says former Home Secretary" video.

  1. He’s absolutely right though. Government must not be allowed to legislate that fiction is fact, or that government can override any legal judgement by the Supreme Court, otherwise there will no longer be any legal limits on the power of government to do anything it wants to anyone.
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  2.  @CharlesBabbageTheThird : The UK did not have a general election during WW2. Ukraine is in a war that, for them, is the same as WW2. (P.S., the USSR didn’t have an election during WW2 either.)
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  3.  @bwilliams572  : The European Court of Human Rights is international. But it's not global. The clue is in the name - European. Which means countries outside of Europe are not eligible to join. The only European countries that aren't in the ECHR are Russia and Belarus (authoritarian dictatorships). From Wikipedia: "The European Court of Human Rights, which enforces the European Convention on Human Rights, is the best known body of the Council of Europe. The Council of Europe (CoE) (French: Conseil de l'Europe, CdE) is an international organisation founded in the wake of World War II to uphold human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe. Founded in 1949, it now has 46 member states, covering a population of approximately 700 million, and operates with an annual budget of approximately 500 million euros. The organisation is distinct from the 27-nation European Union (EU), although it is sometimes confused with it, partly because the EU has adopted the original flag of Europe created by the Council of Europe in 1955, as well as the anthem of Europe. No country has ever joined the EU without first belonging to the Council of Europe. The Council of Europe is an official United Nations observer."
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