I realise Brexit is dominating the conversation but one of the terrifying things about last night's results is thinking through what would happen in the Brexit Party did well in a General Election.
The European Convention on Human Rights will be next on the list /1
All of the same argument apply. Sovereignty, foreign court, 'rule from Strasbourg'
Dominic Cummings (Vote Leave Director) has already said that the ECHR will be next on the list once Brexit is done. /2
The Brexit Party doesn't need to win an election for this to happen.
Easy to imagine this influencing Tory policy with a future leader (e.g. Johnson) using the idea of ECHR withdrawal as red meat for party faithful. /3
If hard Brexit happens the leavers will be emboldened and looking for the next target.
If soft/no Brexit happens ECHR (and Human Rights Act) will I'm sure be dangled as it has been in the past
And for a long time there has been significant public support for leaving ECHR. /4
And as @seanjonesqc points out, most people don’t know the difference between the European Court of Justice (EU court which we are leaving) and European Court of Human Rights (European Convention court which we are not) which increases the risk as confusion can be exploited /5
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