The home secretary riled some in her party by suggesting that being gay or a woman and fearful of discrimination should not be enough to qualify as a refugee in the UK. Her speech was seen as a warning that the UK could commit to leaving the European convention on human rights (ECHR), if the scheme to remove migrants who arrive in small boats is blocked by the supreme court.
It’s a sad sign of the state of the party that they could only rummage up two Tory MPs to criticise this horror show.
My guess. Only 2 tory MPs were willing to criticize the party line. After whipped not to.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Suella Braverman has been criticised by two Conservative MPs for an “alarmist” speech about the need for human rights reform due to the “existential challenge” posed by illegal migration.
Speaking from Washington DC on Tuesday, the home secretary riled some in her party by suggesting that being gay or a woman and fearful of discrimination should not be enough to qualify as a refugee in the UK.
The speech was seen as a warning that the government could commit to leaving the European convention on human rights (ECHR), if the scheme to remove migrants who arrive in small boats is blocked by the supreme court.
Braverman did not rule out such a move, and said world leaders had held back from reforming the ECHR for “fear of being branded a racist or illiberal”.
Bob Neill, a Conservative MP and chair of the justice select committee, told the Times that Braverman’s rhetoric was “excessive and unhelpful”, which he said was “a pity because her underlying point that the world was very different in 1951 [when the ECHR was created] is a fair one”.
Braverman was defended by Richard Holden, the roads minister and a 2019-elected MP in the “red wall” seat of North West Durham.
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