The sooner we are out of the EU the better, this is taking the p**s

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£150m legal bill for troops just doing their duty Ministers draw up plans to pull out of the European Convention on Human Rights next time the Armed Forces are sent into combat. Taxpayers are facing a bill of almost £150 million to defend British soldiers who are being sued by enemy fighters for breaching their “human rights”.

More than 2,000 separate compensation claims and judicial review cases have been prepared by lawyers in the aftermath of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Suspected Taliban bomb-makers and insurgents captured by British troops on the battlefield are among those who have begun legal action against the government.

Experts fear the growing litigation culture means that shooting an enemy fighter in the heat of battle could be enough for a British soldier to be found in breach the European human rights laws.

Now ministers have ordered a fight-back to end the compensation claims that they say stop the Armed Forces doing their jobs.

One senior government figure said: “We are absolutely determined to close down these outrageous legal challenges. Detailed work has begun. It will take time but we are determined to tackle this.”

The real criminals are surely the legal profession for allowing such nonsence!