Yes, Geezer. I have posted similar comments myself.
The problem here is interpretation. As Ed has kindly given us Article 8 to play with, it is worth looking at the exceptions:
“There shall be no interference by a public authority with the exercise of this right except such as is in accordance with the law and is necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security, public safety or the economic well-being of the country, for the prevention of disorder or crime...”
Simple lad that I am, I would suggest that if we have a convicted rapist or murderer in our midst and he has no right of abode here, that get out clause should make us perfectly entitled to deport him. But no. And so monstrous have the interpretations become that even a man here with no family, but a cat to care for gets protection to his “family life” under Article 8.
My own view is that so long as these travesties keep occurring the law will be brought into disrepute. A disreputable law is a bad law and has no place in the UK. The UK should withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights. We do not need to be a signatory as we have our own Human Rights Act of 1998 which virtually mirrors the ECHR. At least then we would be protected from judgements by individuals from those well known stalwarts of human rights and freedoms such as Albania, Georgia and Azerbaijan.
That would just leave our own judgements to worry about and the 1998 Act needs tightening up considerably to make it reputable.