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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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David Maddox

Justice secretary’s fight to protect the European Convention on Human Rights in Sunak’s Tory manifesto

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A series of secret tapes have exposed the depth of the Tory civil war over the prospect of ditching the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

Rishi Sunak is expected to confirm in his manifesto today that he will leave the door open to leaving or trying to reform the ECHR, which was inspired by Winston Churchill after the Second World War, by vowing to put border protection ahead of the edicts of foreign courts.

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