The extent to which leaving the Convention would make a difference to immigration has been greatly exaggerated, argues Lord Sumption
  • moderatecentrist@feddit.ukEnglish
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    2 days ago

    The thing about the Convention is that it constrains governments, and it constrains the way that governments can treat minorities and people it doesn’t like… If we were out of the ECHR, you wouldn’t have that constraint

    Tories are salivating at the thought