Tory U-Turn as Penny Mordaunt Backs Britain Quitting the ECHR

Tory U-turn as Penny Mordaunt backs Britain quitting the ECHR

Former Tory leadership contender changes stance to support Kemi Badenoch’s policy after opposing British withdrawal in 2022.

Tory vow to axe ECHR 'could sink £161bn EU data deal' - DecisionMarketing

The Conservative Party’s pledge to withdraw the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) – mirroring Reform UK’s policy – is likely to blow the UK’s data adequacy agreement out of the water, leaving a £161bn black hole in the UK economy. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch revealed the plans at the weekend, following a review by the party’s lead lawyer, Lord Wolfson KC, which claims that staying in the ECHR blocks migration reform an…