Conservatives would take UK out of ECHR, Badenoch confirms

<p>Leader says move is is necessary ‘to protect our borders, our veterans and our citizens’</p><p>Kemi Badenoch has announced that a Conservative government under her leadership would pull the UK out of the European convention on human rights.</p><p>The move marks a lurch to the right for the Tories, who are attempting to stem a loss of support to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Farage has long been a critic of the ECHR and has pledged to leave it if he becomes prime minister.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/03/badenoch-tories-would-take-uk-out-of-echr-european-convention-on-human-rights">Continue reading...</a>