A progressive argument for repealing the Human Rights Act. Contrary to contemporary panic around human rights repeal, Human Rights, Illusory Freedom puts a progressive case against the Human Rights Act. It describes how human rights arose as a new language for western governments following the collapse in their collective authority in the aftermath of World War 2 and shows how the UK Human Rights Act has presided over a catastrophic loss of freedom, which continued a process, which began with the Tory party in the 1970s. Human Rights, Illusory Freedom makes a positive case for restoring control over our traditional freedoms, to the electorate and away from unaccountable Judges in, the UK Courts and the European Court of Human Rights.