Who Needs the ECHR?

The European Court of Human Rights has decided that Abu Hamza and others can be extradited to the US to stand trial on terrorist charges without their human rights being compromised. However Abu Hamza and friends have three months in which to appeal and so the joke continues. The joke already having worn thin as a result of the time it has taken for the court to hear the cases and announce the result. There is an old aphorism that politicians should be aware of - "Justice delayed is Justice denied". In this instance we are talking about justice for the accused and for those of us who were on the receiving end of the alleged evil intentions of the suspects. The application and interpretation of human rights should be left to each sovereign country to decide. We are more than capable of looking after our own human rights issues in the UK and it is an insult to us and our forebears to say otherwise. That that may not be so in other countries is another question but should not be used as a reason for our being subject to the ECHR. I have never understood why we became members in the first place and have never heard a convincing argument in favour from anyone including Clegg and Co. No case should take 8 years to come to trial and it is a scandal in itself that this has happened in the proceedings against one of the suspects awaiting extradition. The European Court of Justice brings us nothing but problems and delays. This is without taking into account other serious defects of the court such as the credibility of its judges that sit on its bench some of whom have highly questionable backgrounds. Cameron needs to get a grip on this and also to stop MI5 looking at any communication sent to or from this country without a warrant from a judge.