I’ve set my position on the ECHR out very clearly but I also recognise that this is an issue that divides people, and the reality is there will be no Parliamentary majority for pulling out of the ECHR, so that is something I’m not going to pursue.
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Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Brexit Apparently Does Not Threaten Britain's European Human Rights Obligations
Reuters reports that in Britain, Interior Minister Theresa May will become the country's new Prime Minister tomorrow. She will be responsible for steering Britain's exit from the European Union. She said yesterday that there could be no second referendum and would be no attempt to rejoin the EU by the back door. According to a review by Law & Religion UK, before the referendum May favored staying in the EU but withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights. However on June 30 she said: