UPDATE
Since this post of mine yesterday, there have been some excellent contributions from commenters. Indy contributed the following:
The European Convention on Human Rights was drafted under the authority of the Council of Europe – not the EU, although all EU members subscribe to the Convention. It is not exclusive to EU members however as the Council of Europe is not a part of the EU – so, for example, Russia is a member and in theory must incorporate ECHR.
Lallands Peat Worrier has written a post of his own as well as putting forward a very informed argument. I confess to being quite ignorant about what happens in Europe these days and the fault lies mainly with me, but it's refreshing to read arguments in plain English from my readers. To understand my present ignorance the excuse is I was asked, back in the 80s, to read the Maastricht Treaty and produce a 2 page report. It took me many days and the jargon was most difficult to interpret. Usually I read German papers a few times a week and they often have a different translation of EC and ECHR communications compared to the UK.
OK, ignorance is no excuse, but I tried.
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