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European Officials Scaremongering To Keep Britain in the ECHR

Michael Curzon May 6, 2026

A senior Council of Europe figure warns Britain could be grouped with Russia if it leaves—critics call it baseless fear tactics.

Record Sums of UK Public Funds Paid Out in Migrant Legal Aid

TEC News April 21, 2026

Suspected illegal immigrants are using the European Convention on Human Rights to access taxpayer monies and fight deportation cases not considered “exceptional,” securing thousands of pounds worth of state support.

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaks to the press during the EU Summit at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on March 19, 2026.

Meloni Leads Efforts To Control European Borders Amid Chaos in the Middle East

Michael Curzon March 20, 2026

Italy’s prime minister says “innovative solutions” are needed to ensure the 2015 migrant crisis is not repeated.

Britons Won’t Be Safe “Until We Leave the ECHR”

Michael Curzon March 3, 2026

Reform says that remaining in the Strasbourg-based convention makes a “mockery of sovereignty.”

Legal Loophole Allows Palestinian to Bypass UK Entry Ban—the First of Many?

TEC News February 17, 2026

British Shadow Home Secretary warns that the ECHR ruling risks “opening the floodgates,” potentially allowing Palestinian refugees to relocate to the UK.

Starmer’s ECHR Excuses Start To Fall Apart

Michael Curzon January 21, 2026

A new report backed by senior Labour voices and leading lawyers takes apart Starmer’s argument for staying tied to Strasbourg.

Unelected Equality Chief Says Britain Should Stop ‘Demonising’ Migrants

Nick Hallett December 22, 2025

Her first major intervention has put the country’s equalities watchdog on a collision course with growing public and political demands for tougher border controls.

European Convention on Human Rights: Necessity or Mistake?

Daria Fedotova April 26, 2023

The founders of the Council of Europe saw the need for an international organisation dedicated to protecting human rights. But there were other options back then, and there surely are now.

London and Strasbourg: Destined for Divorce?

Harrison Pitt July 3, 2022

Signatories to the Convention must “abide by the final judgement of the court in any case to which they are parties.” Plans for an updated Bill of Rights offer no way around the fact that final rulings from Strasbourg have binding force in UK law.

Tag: European Convention on Human Rights

European Officials Scaremongering To Keep Britain in the ECHR

Record Sums of UK Public Funds Paid Out in Migrant Legal Aid

Meloni Leads Efforts To Control European Borders Amid Chaos in the Middle East

Britons Won’t Be Safe “Until We Leave the ECHR”

Legal Loophole Allows Palestinian to Bypass UK Entry Ban—the First of Many?

Starmer’s ECHR Excuses Start To Fall Apart

Unelected Equality Chief Says Britain Should Stop ‘Demonising’ Migrants

European Convention on Human Rights: Necessity or Mistake?

London and Strasbourg: Destined for Divorce?

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