Rishi Sunak under pressure from MPs to leave Strasbourg court but Cabinet ministers including James Cleverly are opposed
Some Tory MPs believe the UK will have to quit the ECHR to allow the PM to get the Rwanda deportation policy up and running understands any such move is likely to be resisted by key Cabinet ministers, including Home Secretary James Cleverly who has previously warned that leaving would threaten co-operation with European allies to tackle people smuggling gangs operating on the Channel.
The judgment that the human rights of a group of Swiss women were violated by a lack of government action against climate change, which also affects the UK, drew condemnation from the Prime Minister on Sunday, with Number 10 sources hitting out at a “complete overreach” by the Strasbourg court.triggered fresh speculation that Mr Sunak could include a pledge to quit the ECHR in the Tories’ election manifesto, although the newspaper reported that the Cabinet is split by two to one against leaving.
Another backbench Tory MP, who wished to remain anonymous, said: “We need to have a serious conversation about withdrawal .“There can’t be anymore tiptoeing around the issue now.“The majority is prepared to do whatever we need to do to sort the issue .”
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