“The Human Rights Act 1998 is based on the original convention, and will not go away if we leave the EU.”
I keep on saying that in response to similar comments. Nobody seems to notice.
“It will take a new act of Parliament to either replace it with something new or repeal it. “
Yes, and we will have to withdraw as signatories to the ECHR.
“But there is no plan to do that.”
There were…:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-tory-plan-to-scrap-the-human-rights-act-just-moved-one-step-closer-10491173.html
…but they got quietly ditched (sorry, “delayed”). Initially it was the fault of the LibDems when members of the Coalition. Now they’ve gone, there is no such excuse. But still the plans have been ditched:
http://www.theguardian.com/law/2015/dec/02/plan-to-scrap-human-rights-act-delayed-again
Apparently the problems are complex. Not so. We simply withdraw as signatories, repeal the 1998 Act and allow any alleged transgressions of Human Rights to be dealt with under other existing (and perfectly adequate) legislation. Of course that legislation does not allow people the right to remain here to pursue their “family life” when the only family they have here is a pet cat. So that may be among the the complexities.