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I have a Boris story, but it isn't a very interesting one.
I had a roughly 15 minute conversation with him at an event, about the Human Rights Act and ECHR. I guess it must have been Christmas 2015 as these issues were in the public eye. I saw him and thought I would have a go.
I had a roughly 15 minute conversation with him at an event, about the Human Rights Act and ECHR. I guess it must have been Christmas 2015 as these issues were in the public eye. I saw him and thought I would have a go.
We spoke. My aim was to convince him that Tory policy should be to strongly support the ECHR, given the history. It was a bit like being in a university debate sparring match, where he was trying out positions. He understood the issues and spoke coherently about them.
He gave absolutely nothing away about his own views, and if he had them then he wasn't going to tell me. I felt like I was a useful exercise for him to prepare for a future debate.
Not long after he decided to support Brexit so I think my appeal to internationalism didn't work
Not long after he decided to support Brexit so I think my appeal to internationalism didn't work
