Transfer of power

THE news that the UK Government might ‘break international law’ by unilaterally changing provisions of the EU withdrawal deal is a welcome but all-too modest start.

There are many international agreements that are fundamentally at odds with common sense, our values and our national interest.

Foremost among these is the european Convention on Human Rights and its court, the european Court of Human Rights.

While human rights make sound moral principles, their incorporation into our law was a mistake.

The net effect has been to transfer power from our elected representatives, who we can vote out, to progressive judges, about whom we can do nothing.

We should also withdraw from the Refugee Convention, originally created to deal with the genuine european refugees at the end of the Second World War.

It was never envisaged that it would be used as a justification for economic immigration on a vast scale from non-Western countries.

Thirdly, we should withdraw from the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.

This allows our enemies to demoralise, undermine and emasculate our armed forces and compromise our security.

OTTO inglis, Crossgates, Fife.