I understand the point you are making I think but 3bn is not 1.2% of GDP. (View Post)

In almost all the types of cases you quote the UK Supreme Court has ruled that the reason an action contravenes the Convention is because it actually breaks UK domestic law. The Convention is being u… (View Post)

I was simply pointing out that membership of the EU meant we could not legally leave the ECHR. I will avoid getting into analysing your very strange views on sovereignty yet again. (View Post)

Agreed. As i said I am not advocating it. (View Post)

How do we negotiate the end of the ECHR with the EU when it is not an EU organisation? It would be as valid and practical as negotiating the end of ICJ with the EU. If we want to leave the ECHR (and … (View Post)