Human Rights

According to the Mail on Sunday

Cherie Blair shocked Britain's most senior civil servant by claiming
she was entitled to cut-price designer clothes worth thousands of
pounds - because she was protected by European human rights laws.

Gorse Fox doen't really have an axe to grind on this, but the argument continues:

Barrister Mrs Blair, an expert in the controversial human rights
legislation, claimed the law gave her the right to 'enjoy her
possessions' without the State meddling.

Ahh, there's the rub. Gorse Fox will remember that one when the inspector comes to snoop through the house to revalue it for Council Tax.