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Geoffrey Robertson: The case for international justice

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The Myth of the British Legal System

I'm not worried about populism, I'm more worried about those authoritarian tendencies that we see at the moment. So yes, there are problems within even supporters of human rights to the extent that you... Well, you talk about the United States, right? You've got the Pentagon in this particular obstructive phase. The UK system, which British politicians proclaim as absolutely enshrining freedoms, including freedom of expression, you say it's somewhat of a myth that actually the British legal system doesn't guarantee freedoms at all. It doesn't.

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