IF the law is an ass, there’s no branch of it more stupid and stubborn than human rights. The increasingly bizarre rulings of the courts are enough to make you think their whole purpose is to protect foreign criminals, terrorists and asylum cheats. Advertisement Three cases in the past week highlight why the clamour to leave the European Convention on Human Rights is growing by the day. Yesterday it emerged that an Islamist killer was awarded £7,500 compensation after a judge ruled his treatment in jail breached his human rights. Fuad Awale, serving life for a double murder, had been...