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Our commitment to our international obligations does not force us to do things which are plainly stupid and wrong.

The courts are willing enough on judicial review to find that government decisions are not really decisions, on the basis that they're barmy, and no government intends to make a decision that's barmy. No reason why the courts here (as mandated by HRA) can't effectively do the same when the ECtHR goes off on one. And it's better in the long run if the courts here - and the Supreme Court has far more experience than most ECtHR judges - point out where the ECtHR has done so.