Guido hears from internal Tory sources that an announcement of the party’s intention to leave the ECHR is expected at Party Conference on the second week of October. No one tell James Cleverly or dozens of Tory MPs who want to stay in it…
Badenoch instructed her Shadow Attorney General Lord Wolfson to instruct her on how such a move would be completed back in June. She said at the time “we will likely leave the ECHR” though her ‘five tests’ must be passed first. The process has caused consternation among those Tories who view the position as an inevitability, especially as the leadership election was partially fought on the issue…
A position to leave the ECHR would give the party more breathing room on immigration policy and creativity on domestic legislation. Fleshed out policies are useful for presenting to the electorate…
Andy Haldane, Burnham’s recent adviser on the economy who has not taken up a No10 job, told Andrew Marr on LBC:
“The market now suspects that this is a traditional tax-and-spend socialist government with better TikTok videos…
imposing windfall taxes on oil & gas or on banks or upping capital gains tax would […] repeat the mistake that Rachel made […] The Achilles heel, the fiscal Achilles heel of this government thus far has been its unwillingness and/or inability to cut public spending.”