Commission will look into ways to counter lawyers using human rights legislation to ‘subvert’ government
Telegraph: 4th June 2025: Report that the leader of the opposition seems to be leaning into agreeing with Conservative members and wider voters on the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)
"Kemi Badenoch is to launch a review into whether Britain should leave the European Convention on Human Rights and how to prevent lawyers “subverting” government policy.
In a speech on Friday, the Conservative leader will announce plans for a commission, headed by Lord Wolfson, her shadow attorney general, to investigate how a Tory government could prevent lawyers using human rights and other legislation to block government decisions.
She will also announce plans to bar migrants from claiming asylum if they arrive in Britain in small boats...
...It is understood that the commission will not solely focus on the ECHR and Refugee Convention, but will look more widely at how to prevent “lawfare” in environmental and equalities legislation...
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is the only major party that has formally committed to quitting the ECHR"