Tory MP Suella Braverman has published a new paper with centre-right think tank Prosperity Institute, co-authored with its Senior Researcher on Nationhood, Guy Dampier. Titled “Why and How to Leave the European Convention on Human Rights”, the paper makes the case that leaving the ECHR is “an urgent necessity”. Quicker than LOTO…
Kemi Badenoch has launched a ‘review’ into whether or not we should leave the ECHR membership – not due to report until Conference. Meanwhile, Suella’s report lays out leaving the Strasbourg court will protect veterans, secure borders, end the small boats crisis, defend national security, and return control over policing. Suella being the braver man…
It also proposes solutions for Northern Ireland by amending the Good Friday Agreement, and addresses devolution, the TCA, and Windsor Framework – all with the goal of maintaining the Union. Guy Dampier tells Guido:
“The United Kingdom cannot claim to be truly united with one of its four nations subject to laws created by a foreign court over which we have no democratic control. This report outlines a realistic, technical, and feasible route out of the ECHR, which will allow for the removal of the Irish sea border and restore the sovereignty of the United Kingdom.”
The paper also has the backing of Richard Tice, Lord Frost and Baroness Foster. Better out than in?
Lucy Powell on LBC, asked by Tom Swarbrick for her reaction to Labour MP Samantha Niblett’s call for a ‘summer of sex’ debate in Parliament: “I personally don’t own any sex toys, but each to their own… I’m not really sure that’s the right place for it, no.”