Drug addicts get payout from government

The Government was accused of "caving in" over drugs yesterday following the disclosure that the Home Office is about to pay out tens of thousands of pounds to prisoners because they were forced to stop taking heroin or other opiates in jail.

They alleged breaches under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which bans torture and inhuman or degrading treatment; Article 8, which protects private life; and Article 14, which prohibits discrimination.

David Davis, the shadow home secretary, said the decision to settle stemmed from the Government's desire to avoid the embarrassment of being defeated by its own Human Rights Act, which incorporates the convention into English Law.

Once you commit a crime you should forfeit all your human rights. The only human right you should be allowed is the right to stay alive and that should be taken away from you if you kill or rape anyone.

The spineless cowards in government should have stood up to the criminals and told them to stuff their rights and as for the Human Rights Act it should be ripped to shreds as no foreign law should be part of British law. We should have our own constitution.