The UK politicos and right wing end of the press in the UK (I don't think they have another end) have been having a right moan lately about the European Court of Human Rights. The Sun newspaper reported on 8th July "BRITAIN may have to leave the European Court of Human Rights to stop another Abu Qatada shambles, David Cameron and Theresa May declared last night."
Am I the only one thinking that the abolition of corporal punishment in UK schools owed a lot to pressure from that court and several cases that the UK government lost in that court over the issue? So if we were to come out... I don't imagine for one moment there would be a headlong rush to repeal the ban, but maybe a few years down the line, some relaxation allowing some private schools to have a limited reintroduction??? Almost enough to make me vote conservative (but not quite).