Some days change you

'On Liberty' - Shami Chakrabarti 

A special night at the London School of Economics, with a talk on the human rights act, alongside an open discussion regarding the problems if the right is axed. 

During the time i was seated in the conference room watching the inspirational Shami Chakrabati deliver her speech, I for one did not understand half of what she was saying. This was due to the terminology she was using as well as the complexity of the words which too was embedded in her speech. However, upon leaving the conference room, i felt 100 times more knowledgeable than ever. Even though, her talk on Liberty was not in relation to my studies, it was to my life. As a teenager, i often tend to divert myself away from the world of politics which after leaving that speech i hugely regret. Our human rights act, is tremendously significant - it protects us from things such as slavery, torture as well as guarding citizens in this country, giving them justice whenever necessary.  We cannot let our human rights act be scraped, as the government wants replace it with their "British bill of rights and responsibilities" which could have a detrimental effect on British citizens as the government would only limit human rights to only those cases the British government considers more important.

Click 'here' to find out more on the significance of the human rights act.