It is not just the Strasbourg Court that is a problem on human rights

As we wait for the result of tonight’s ping pong between the Lords and the Commons over the forty percent threshold, there is one point worth noting about the row over the court ruling on the sex offenders’ register.

The court that ruled that sex offenders sentenced to two and a half years cannot be placed on the sex offenders’ register for life was the British Supreme Court taking its cue from the European Convention on Human Right. This shows that merely pulling out of the jurisdiction of the Strasbourg Court will not be enough to end these human rights cases. The only guaranteed solution would be to remove the convention itself from British law. The coalition will never go that far, the Lib Dems would never stomach it. But there are signs that the Tory attitude to the convention is hardening.