Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-11-28-Speech-3-047"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-11-28"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Approval by the European Parliament of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20071128.14.3-047"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-11-28-Speech-3-0482
lpv:speaker	lp:Jim Allister2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, we all support human rights, and I am growing a little tired of some people – particularly those from states where, historically speaking, human rights are something of a novelty – attacking the UK as some sort of pariah because of its ‘gesture’ opt-out under Protocol 7. Let me remind them that, as long ago as 1688, a bill of rights lay at the heart of the Glorious Revolution in the United Kingdom. Since then, the UK has been a beacon of liberty. So we need no finger-pointing lessons in human rights. People might be irked that we have spoilt the party by withholding, for now, from some of the trappings of EU super-statehood, but I would point out that it is our national and political right to do so. Sadly, though, the opt-out will fade out as the European Court of Justice sets about its centralising agenda. Ultimately, though, those people will get their way – should the UK be so foolish as to ratify this Treaty despite the opposition of its people."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; PECH (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Independent (2007-03-28--2007-12-17)3 substitute; AGRI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; NA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; AFCO (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Jim Allister (NI ). –"1

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