The Human Rights Act 1998

 After the Good Friday Agreement (which came into force on the 10th April 1998), the Human Rights Act 1998 is the second best piece of legislation to come into force. I think this act is worth knowing especially because the current Conservative government (particularly Dominic Raab) want to scrap the Human Rights Act 1998 and replace it with a British Bill of Rights. I think it's dangerous to embark on the road of scrapping rights - it's the question of what they could do next. Also, I'm passionate about the UK (in its entirety) one day re-joining the EU and according to Article 49 of the TEU a country wanting to join the EU has to have a good record on human rights (this is one of the reasons why there is opposition to Turkey joining the EU). The Human Rights Act 1998 has been misunderstood by both the public and politicians. Indeed, Theresa May in 2011 said that she couldn't deport an illegal immigrant because he had a pet cat. This was proved to be untrue. This had nothing to do with the Human Rights Act or the European Convention on Human Rights. I hope if a British Bill of Rights is introduced the British public fight back against it.