"Half of Tory voters want to quit European Convention on Human Rights"
[psst...90% of Telegraph readers agree...]
Telegraph: 9th April 2024: Telegraph poll (conducted prior to yesterday's ECHR ruling that governments have a duty to protect people from climate change) revealed on whether voters believe the UK should quit the ECHR
"Half of Conservative voters believe the UK should leavethe European Convention on Human Rights [ECHR], an opinion poll for The Telegraph has revealed.
Some 49 per cent of people who backed the Tories at the 2019 election want to quit the convention, according to the Savanta polling, with 35 per cent wanting to stay...
The question of whether the UK should stay in the European Convention on Human Rights has split the Tory benches in recent months, in part because it is complicating efforts to tackle small boat Channel crossings.
Rishi Sunak has indicated that he is willing to defy the European court’s judges if they try to ground deportation flights to Rwanda, which he is hoping to start in the spring...
READ FULL ARTICLE - AND TAKE THE TELEGRAPH POLL ON ECHR - HERE
[PopCon says: You can also read our post from last week where we highlighted concerns about the possible ECHR ruling on climate change here]