Image: Anti-fracking protestors in Preston, June 2018. Credit: Andrew McCoy/Zuma Press/PA Images, all rights reserved.
The struggle to pass the EU Withdrawal Act was one of the biggest political upsets of the Brexit process so far. One of the major sticking points was human rights. Several related amendments proposed by the Lords were voted down by Parliament last month, leaving human rights advocates reeling.
“As a result ordinary people will now have fewer legal tools to fight back when Parliament puts the interests of the powerful ahead of equality, fairness and human dignity,” said Martha Spurrier, Director of the human rights organisation Liberty after the vote.
