Kemi Badenoch threatens to quit ECHR in major fightback speech

"The United Kingdom must accept reality" - Badenoch's foreign policy speech. Full text.

Every few decades, the world changes. The Iron Curtain descending. The fall of the Berlin Wall. September 11th. The invasion of Ukraine.   Today, we must be realistic and accept we are in another era of change: a reappraisal of how nation states interact, how much focus we must place on our defence, and how geo-politics works.    At the very least, the ‘Pax Americana’ of half a century is evolving, potentially even ending. We may be witnessing a…

Kemi Badenoch says Britain 'fooled' by idea international law can keep peace

She will say Tories need to be 'realistic' and that 'our foreign policy should seek to support our national interest'

UK 'fooled' by faith in international law, says Badenoch

The Conservative leader says "the world has changed" and the UK needs a realistic response.

Badenoch to advocate putting British interests first in foreign policy speech

The Tory leader will also advocate a ‘need to disengage’ from international bodies if they are ‘taken over by activists or by autocratic regimes’. Kemi Badenoch will advocate putting British interests first and say it is “not a selfish objective” to want to “strengthen our country and to look after ourselves”, as she delivers a speech on foreign policy. The Conservative leader will also warn that there will be “painful decisions on government sp…

Kemi Badenoch: UK must be willing to ‘disengage’ from international bodies - Politics.co.uk

The government must be willing to “disengage” from international bodies if they are overtaken by “activists” or autocratic regimes like China or Russia, Kemi Badenoch will say in a foreign policy speech on Tuesday.  In what is a significant hint the Conservatives could advocate leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) under her leadership,... Read more »

Kemi Badenoch: UK may need to disengage from international courts

In a speech the Conservative leader will say that ‘international law alone can keep the peace’