US EditionBadenoch Stance on ECHR ‘Utterly Irresponsible’, Northern Ireland Secretary Says
The Conservative Party mandates all candidates to endorse leaving the European Convention on Human Rights to support a plan targeting 150,000 deportations annually, party leader Kemi Badenoch said.
- On Sunday, Kemi Badenoch confirmed the Conservative Party will take the UK out of the European Convention on Human Rights, requiring all candidates to back this or be barred from the next election.
- Recently, the party's 'borders plan' sets out to deport 750,000 people over the next Parliament, exceeding Reform UK's 600,000 proposal and promising a Donald Trump-style crackdown on immigration.
- Kemi Badenoch proposed a new "Removals Force" modelled on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the borders plan abolishes the Immigration Tribunal, Judicial Review, and legal aid for immigration cases.
- Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn warned it is `utterly irresponsible` to advocate withdrawal from the ECHR, which could undermine the Good Friday Agreement that has delivered over 27 years of peace.
- Having been cautious earlier, Kemi Badenoch, Conservative Party leader, commissioned Tory peer Lord Wolfson to examine practicalities before committing, while the Labour Party accused her of failing to answer basic questions.
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Sir Robert Buckland KC is Visiting Professor in Practice at LSE Law School. He was Conservative MP for South Swindon from 2010 to 2024, Solicitor General from 2014-2019, Minister of State for Justice 2019, Lord Chancellor & Secretary of State for Justice 2019-21 and Secretary of State for Wales 2022. From time to time, ideas resurface in British politics that are as dangerous as they are seductive. The latest is the Conservative Party’s proposa…
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Badenoch stance on ECHR ‘utterly irresponsible’, Northern Ireland Secretary says
The Tory leader said every Conservative candidate must sign up to leaving the ECHR or face being barred from standing at the next election.
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