BBCNEWS Newsnight July 5, 2024
is an exit from the european convention on human rights now on the agenda? the judges based their decision on our adherence to the echr. might we ditch the human rights treaty? if we don't resolve this we will not be in government after the next election. i think the prime minister realises that, i hope my colleagues realise that. this is an absolutely existential issue for the conservative government. we'll be asking conservative and labour mps and a pollster whether an attempt to leave the convention could define the next election and how it would go down with voters. also tonight ...