Have you actually read the HRA?

Abstract

Professor Winston believes the HRA is beneficial to journalism, but writes: "The recent call by Conservative leader David Cameron for the repeal of the Human Rights Act is meaningless, as he does not propose stopping people appealing to the Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, the procedure before the Act became law. But at least he does make opportunistic political sense, which is much more than can be said for the hostility of the British press to the Act. It is not rare for the press to bite the hand that feeds it, but the annals of self-inflicted harm have little to show that has been as foolish as the newspapers' current endless attacks on the Act. Which leads me to ask: has anybody in Fleet Street now engaged in spinning every story they can as an example of its malignant effect ever actually read the HRA?"