Thursday, December 19, 2013

No EU Steamrollering, Please!

The European Union must not “steamroll” national courts to impose European human rights rules on countries like the UK, one of Britain’s most senior judges has warned.
Lord Mance, a justice of the Supreme Court, raised concerns over the way the European Court of Justice (ECJ), the EU’s top court, attempts to impose the Charter of Fundamental Rights on British judges. Telegraph.

Prayers of Jane Austen.

The little-known prayers written by Jane Austen. Jane Austen (1775-1817) on engraving from  1873.  (Photo: Getty/iStock) It is now 250 years...