The Tory civil war over human rights proves only Keir Starmer’s Labour can lead now

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The debate in itself proves that the Conservatives remain split down the middle (PA Wire)

So, yet again, there is a civil war in the Conservative Party, this time over the European Court of Human Rights, and it is yet again undermining the everyday work of the government.

Lee Anderson, Karl McCartney, and Robert Jenrick all want the Conservatives to leave the ECHR even though Rishi Sunak has pledged to govern within it. Have these people no idea what such a move would do to Britain’s once-respected global reputation and influence?

Even the highly respected MP for Henley, John Howell, the very man who took over from Boris Johnson so that he could become London mayor all those years ago, is on record as saying that he can’t see “any government moving away from the ECHR”.