Will the UK Leave the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) under Rishi Sunak?

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No.

Resolved on Jul 05, 2024

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Dominic Raab"Our Bill of Rights will envisage us remaining a state party to the ECHR."

David Owen"I think we will have to come out of the ECHR."

Rishi Sunak"If it ever comes to a choice between our national security — securing our borders — and membership of a foreign court, I'm, of course, always going to prioritise our national security".

Joshua RozenbergIt's "extremely unlikely" that the UK will leave the ECHR.

Andrew Mitchell"I don’t think there’s any question of Britain leaving the ECHR, the prime minister I think has made that pretty clear."

Richard Tice"Britain will need to leave the ECHR to control its border and immigration system."

Victoria Prentis"[T]he Government remain[s] committed to the ECHR."

Robert Buckland"I remain optimistic that the government will make the right choice and preserve our ECHR membership."

Rafael Behr"Sunak will not terminate UK membership of the ECHR."

James Kirkup"There are many good reasons to think that ECHR withdrawal will remain beyond the pale of acceptable policy for the Conservatives in the next year or two."

Nick Cohen"The UK's commitment to the ECHR is in doubt."

Suella Braverman"Regrettably, the UK government doesn’t have the political will to take on the ECHR and hasn’t laid the groundwork for doing so."

“Their drum beat of threats to pull out of the ECHR is nothing more than a desperate attempt by a failing government to whip up division in order to cling to power."