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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker, Kiran Stacey and Pippa Crerar

Tory leadership frontrunners hit out at rivals’ promises to leave ECHR

Kemi Badenoch smiling as seated party members including the MPs Conor Burns and Andrew Bowie applaud her as she makes her way to the stage to speak
Kemi Badenoch is applauded as she arrives to speak to supporters in London on Monday. Photograph: James Manning/PA

Two frontrunners to be Conservative party leader have criticised their rivals’ promises to leave the European court of human rights (ECHR) as the contest turns combative with days to go until the first MP is eliminated.

Kemi Badenoch, the shadow communities secretary, and James Cleverly, the shadow home secretary, both rejected the idea of leaving the ECHR on Monday despite calls from some of their colleagues to do so.

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