The prime minister is facing outrage from Tory colleagues over a last-minute ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg that blocked last night’s flight, with many calling on the United Kingdom to withdraw from the contract that later helped draft it. of World War II. Mr Johnson hinted yesterday that he was ready to consider leaving, saying “perhaps well” it was necessary to change some rules to allow future deportations to proceed unhindered. And his spokesman confirmed today that this could include action on the ECHR. Asked if the withdrawal was being considered, the spokesman told reporters: “We keep all the choices on the table as part of our job of addressing the issues raised by the recurring and sometimes unfounded allegations we see consistently with departure flights. , while obviously ensuring that we continue to protect the vulnerable. “ He added: “We will do whatever it takes to implement this new approach, including preparing to explore any further legal reforms that may be necessary.” All European countries have signed the agreement, with the exception of Belarus, whose application for membership of the Council of Europe has been rejected due to its failure to meet democratic standards, and Russia, which withdrew after this year’s invasion of Ukraine. The withdrawal would jeopardize the Good Friday Agreement, which stipulates that the UK Government will ensure that the Convention is immediately enforceable in Northern Ireland. Senior Labor MP Chris Bryant said: “If we leave the ECHR, we will be asked to leave the Council of Europe. The only such rogue state is the Russian Federation. “The government is deliberately wiping out our international reputation with repeated deliberate violations of the law.” Labor leader Imran Hussein said: “The ECHR was founded in part by the Churchill Tories and is the key to the Good Friday Agreement, but it has prevented their racism from escalating, so now the Tories want to abandon it. “The only other country that has done that is Russia!” A spokesman for the Prime Minister made it clear that the withdrawal of the ECHR was among the options under consideration, saying: “What we are doing is looking at the crisis before we come to a decision on how to proceed better. “Now this will examine both the role of the ECHR and the existing UK legislation and whether it works as intended.” His comments came hours after top government ministers said they did not believe participation in the human rights convention was in question. Cabinet Secretary Therese Coffey told BBC Radio 4 today: “I do not think it’s even a question I know is on the table at all … I do not know of any decisions or hints of leaving the ECHR. ” Another minister in Ms Coffey’s Labor and Pensions Department, Guy Opperman, also told Times Radio: “I do not think it is our policy, nor would it be something I would support, to withdraw from the ECHR.” He added: “This is not necessarily a final prevention that took place last night. This is a temporary delay, and the cases are being examined in more detail by the courts of the United Kingdom. “And I think that’s the point, that the ECHR has basically said that more time is needed to process applications and that the courts in the United Kingdom should do that.” But other members of the Johnson administration have openly called for the United Kingdom to step down from the Strasbourg court. Among them was Jonathan Gullis, Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) in the Northern Ireland Office, who posted on Facebook: “The ECHR has no place in the UK judiciary. “The government must get rid of it completely.” Shortly afterwards, the North Stoke MP amended his message as follows: “The role of the ECHR in UK legislation needs to be addressed as a matter of urgency.” The representative of the Liberal Democrats in Northern Ireland, Alistair Carmichael, said: “You might think that the PPS to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland would be a sign that leaving the ECHR would violate the Good Friday Agreement. “This is just a disgrace to someone in the government’s payroll.” Johnson himself said in a campaign for Brexit in 2016 that he was a supporter of the ECHR, which he said was “one of the great things” the UK has done in Europe.
