Conservatives would take UK out of ECHR (European Convention on Human Rights), Badenoch confirms

The Guardian ^ | Oct 5 | Guardian

[RandFan]

Leader says move is is necessary ‘to protect our borders, our veterans and our citizens’

Kemi Badenoch has announced that a Conservative government under her leadership would pull the UK out of the European convention on human rights.

The move marks a lurch to the right for the Tories, who are attempting to stem a loss of support to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Farage has long been a critic of the ECHR and has pledged to leave it if he becomes prime minister.

Badenoch said on Friday night that she had “not come to this decision lightly, but it is clear that it is necessary to protect our borders, our veterans and our citizens”.

Critics of the ECHR claim it frustrates the government’s efforts to deal with illegal migration and deport foreign criminals.

[RandFan]

YES. Same playbook everywhere. Sound familiar?

Liberal lawyers have used this to get migrants indefinite leave to remain as returning to their country of origin they claim they will be tortured, etc.

But is it too little, too late?

[Telepathic Intruder]

“Human rights” to the EU means protecting foreign invaders from criticism by jailing anyone who tells the truth about what they are doing to destroy Europe.

[FLT-bird]

I’m sorry but the Tories have zero credibility left. They’ve betrayed their own voters too many times. They should have pulled out of the ECHR decades ago and closed the borders and started mass deportations a long long time ago. Instead they first went along with all the Blairite multi culti open borders crap and then even accelerated it under Boris. Obviously they are a party that cannot be trusted.

[RandFan]

Yep big trust issue there with voters and you’re absolutely right.

[fruser1]

This organization shouldn’t even exist, as Western Civilization has done a better job of supporting human rights than any other.

An organization in areas where folks are routinely hacked to bits or beheaded would be more appropriate.

[aynrandfreak]

This needed to be the policy before the Reform surge. Now it looks more like a reaction than a plan they’ll actually enact.