Judges on a Roll

"The power of judges has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished," so said Lord Howard, former Leader of the Conservative Party (BBC Radio 4, Today). Unlike politicians, Lord Howard pointed out, judges are neither elected nor accountable. He thought the Human Rights Act was partly to blame. "Hardly anyone disagrees with what I've just said." He ended by saying that the only winners are lawyers - financially.
However, his normative advice is unlikely to have any effect.
The Conservative Party was elected with a large majority in 1979 to end the concession by which foreign men can live and work in the UK through marriage.
But the Conservatives did not keep their promise. Mrs Thatcher's Government capitulated to the selfish demands of the feminists.
Britain has a new Supreme Court, created 1 October 2009.
Potentially, there is now an excellent opportunity for the Supreme Court to rule that allowing foreign men to use marriage as a means to occupy the UK is unlawful under the Human Rights Act.