This is so: The UK government have something like 9 months to get back to the ECHR with what they're going to do about the ruling. They acted similarly over the Court's ruling about the defence of 'reasonable chastisement' for violence against children. The Labour gov just made some qualifications to the law about leaving marks, Tony Blair defended punitive violence against children and it is still legal to assault children whereas it is illegal to assault adults.
This is so: The UK government have something like 9 months to get back to the ECHR with what they're going to do about the ruling. They acted similarly over the Court's ruling about the defence of 'reasonable chastisement' for violence against children. The Labour gov just made some qualifications to the law about leaving marks, Tony Blair defended punitive violence against children and it is still legal to assault children whereas it is illegal to assault adults.