Report Blows Up the Case for Staying in the ECHR

Leaving the ECHR is the only way to stop judges making political decisions, according to a blistering new report from former Cabinet minister Lord Lilley for the Centre for Policy Studies. The “vague” rights enshrined in the Convention mean courts are free to interpret them however they like, which “unavoidably politicises judicial decisions and undermines the rule of law.”[…] Read the rest