UK would be global pariah like Russia if Sunak pulls out of ECHR, Tories warn

PM told he would be in ‘inglorious company’ of dictator by pulling out of post-World War II convention

Adam Forrest
Political Correspondent
Monday 06 February 2023 19:02 GMT
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Rishi Sunak has been warned that withdrawing from the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) would make the UK an international pariah and put him in the same “inglorious company” as Vladimir Putin.

Senior Conservative MPs have spoken out against the mooted withdrawal from the landmark convention as a way of cracking down on small boats – warning that it would put Britain in the same camp as Russia.

Labour also urged Mr Sunak not to follow the “brutal dictator’s lead”, while a former national security adviser warned it would mean the end of cooperation with the EU on vital law enforcement.

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