Except it was reported as part of our energy security budget and not our foreign aid budget. (View Post)

That we are in Europe is irrelevant. We have already chosen to leave one set of European institutions. If there is a good reason to be in the ECHR then give it. We are in Europe is not one. (View Post)

The ECHR as created by Churchill did not have a court and Parliament remained the final arbiter of how it was enforced. Again being in Europe is utterly irrelevant. "But we are in Europe" h… (View Post)

Piss off with this false dichotomy. It would add us to a list that contains Carney's Canada and Albanese's Australia. Culture, law and traditions matter far more than geographic irrelevancy… (View Post)

Why? Putin's Russia in 2019 was a full member of the ECHR. Would you rather be 2019 Russia or 2019 Canada/Australia? (View Post)