Sunak criticised for saying border security more important than staying in European court of human rights – UK politics live
Sunak has not ruled out leaving the ECHC while insisting he can implement Rwanda policy without needing to withdrawIn his interview with Sun TV last night Rishi Sunak referred to the European court of human rights as a “foreign court”. He has been doing this for some time, and his pejorative use of the term foreign in this context has been widely criticised by progressives, who point out that he never refers to Nato as a foreign military alliance. The ECtHR is an international court, with Britain as a founding member and a British judge participating.Recently the SNP MP Patrick Grady tabled a written question to Sunak asking him why he called the ECtHR a foreign court. Sunak replied: “Because it is based in Strasbourg.” Continue reading...
Sunak has not ruled out leaving the ECHC while insisting he can implement Rwanda policy without needing to withdraw
In his interview with Sun TV last night Rishi Sunak referred to the European court of human rights as a “foreign court”. He has been doing this for some time, and his pejorative use of the term foreign in this context has been widely criticised by progressives, who point out that he never refers to Nato as a foreign military alliance. The ECtHR is an international court, with Britain as a founding member and a British judge participating.
Recently the SNP MP Patrick Grady tabled a written question to Sunak asking him why he called the ECtHR a foreign court. Sunak replied: “Because it is based in Strasbourg.” Continue reading...
