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A boat passes the Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge at Portland Port in Dorset, August 6, 2023
LEGAL experts and campaigners warned against pulling out of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) after Robert Jenrick hinted it would help reduce migrant Channel crossings.
The immigration minister today said government will do “whatever is required” even if it meant pulling out of the major international human rights agreement.
This would risk complications over the operation of the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland and post-Brexit deals with the EU.
Once derided by Farage as a ‘fraud,’ Jenrick has defected to Reform, bringing experience and political ruthlessness to the populist right — and raising the unsettling prospect of a Farage-led movement with a seasoned operative pulling the strings, says ANDREW MURRAY
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
DIANE ABBOTT exposes the misconceptions, rumours and downright lies perpetrated around immigration issues