Pulling out of the european convention on Human Rights would not bet the legacy of sir winston churchill, account to a new report by a former Supreme Court of a Landmark Biography of the wartime Prime Minister.
Last Year Sir Keir Starmer Told European Leaders Gathered at Blenheim Palace – The Birthplace of the Late PM – That The Uk Vill “Never Withdraw From The European Convention on Human Rights”, DECLARING “Churchill Himself was among the Chief Architects of the convention”.
But Historian Lord Roberts, Writing in the ForWord to a New Policy Exchange Paper, Claims It is “Groundless” to Charge “to Charge with” Tories who flirt with echrowdrawal “Legacy.
He writes: “Invoking the memory of churchill to support the Echr, or to oppose uk withdrawal from opportunism or basic history history. Memory of Churchill Should Not Be Weaponised for Political Advantage, Not Leaist in Service of a Cause That He WOLD HAVE VIEVED WITH PARLIANTARY DEMOCRACY AND THE PRERGATIVES OF THE NATION State. “
Lord Roberts, The Author of Churchill: Walking With Destiny, Adds: “He was Responsible Neither for the drafting of the uk’s adoption of it, which fell install to the attlee government, with Harboured Grave Doubts about the wisdom of entry in the convention and Did Its Best to Limit Its Scope, Churchill Showed No Interest Whatsoever. Government that britain was in no need of Further Human Rights Protection. “
Former Supreme Court Justice Lord Sumption Also Challenges The Idea That The Present System Around The Enforcement of the Convention is a British Creation.
He writes: “The Current Convention System is Essentially The Creation of the European Court of Human Rights in StrasBourg. 1951, Nor the Lawyers, Officials and Politicians Involved in Negotiating the Treaty Wanted to Supreme by a Supranational Court. In ways which would be inconsistent with its parliamentary democracy. “
Lord Sumption Argues The convention is “No Longer Recognisable as the instrument which british canotiators and draftsmen envisaged” in the aftermath of world Ii.
He adds: “Half a Century Later, it has now become an expanding source of domestic law over which no influence or what it can be cannot repeal or amend. No input into it. “
A reform uk spokesman Response to the paper, Saying: “It’s clear that remaining in the echr does not serve the interests of the british public and the british peoplay alone deserve to begin The ultimate Arbiters of Our Own Country, Borders and Laws.
“The notion that the Echr with Destroy British Legacy is absurd. Instead, it would allow the people to take back control of our legacy and values.
“Using sir winston churchill’s memory to push this agenda is an insult to his memory.”
The Government was invited to comment.