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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

The Conservatives had 14 years to do this but you didn't criticise them at the time.

I think the consensus seems to be moving towards agreement that leaving the EHCR won't work as it will disrupt too many agreements, but some changes to it may be the solution.

Look - we all know what a mess the Conservatives made of this problem - although Rwanda should have been given a chance given the investment made.

And yes, when I said "... sort out the ECHR" I had in mind derogations that had prior opinions given by the Supreme Court.

As to leaving the ECHR completely, you are right in so far as consequences and risks must be clearly (and openly) assessed. The EU is very happy with the bleed valve that is the migrants' boats and the EU might thus give us grief in terms of our trade agreement.

My preference, as you know, is to push the boats back having declared a national emergency and then deal with the resulting international incident. Matters will swiftly come to a head .