Kemi Badenoch has slammed the ECHR for "attacking democratic decisions and common sense".
The leader of the Conservative Party said her party is “increasingly of the view” that the UK will have to leave the ECHR but is yet to see a "clear and coherent route to change".
She added: "I won’t commit my party to leaving the ECHR or other treaties without a clear plan to do so and without a full understanding of all the consequences for all parts of our United Kingdom.
"We saw that holding a referendum without a plan to get Brexit done, led to years of wrangling and endless arguments until it got sorted in 2019."
Badenoch highlighted illegal immigration as the best example of where “lawfare is destroying our country”.
The ECHR has been widely criticised by Eurosceptics who claim it has been stretched by lawyers and judges to prevent Governments from effectively getting to grips with illegal migration.
Labour has committed to remaining in the convention but has vowed to look into reforms that will clamp down on judges applying overly generous interpretations in new guidance.
Reform UK has long been outspoken about their pledge to withdraw from the convention, and now Kemi Badenoch signals she would commit to leave if it is “in the national interest”.
Badenoch will make the final decision on Tory policy at the Party Conference later this year.
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The leader of the opposition, Kemi Badenoch, said she thinks the Rwanda plan should never have been scrapped.
Badenoch also suggested the Government should implement “travel bans on a country-specific basis”, referring to US President Donald Trump's recent full restrictions on citizens of 12 countries.
She said that does not mean she is endorsing the Trump proposal.
The Conservative leader claimed she has not reviewed the list of countries he has banned.
'He knows something' Kemi Badenoch takes aim at Nigel Farage's party following Zia Yusuf's resignation
Zia Yusuf's resignation shows Reform "is not a serious political party”, Kemi Badenoch has claimed.
The Tory MP said: "He knows something that the rest of us do not. I think we should be paying attention to that. Rather than talking up a party that’s losing as many people as quickly as they are coming in, we need to start getting serious and stop treating politics like show business."
Yusuf, who only joined as chairman of the party 11 months ago, just ahead of the 2024 General Election, announced he would step away yesterday.
The Conservative Party leader rejected that it is too late for the Tories following Reform UK's recent growth in the polls.
She said: "What I want us to do is something serious and proper. Just going on TV and making noise is not governing. And quite frankly, I’m tired of hearing politicians make promises that they don’t know how to deliver."
'We have to be different!' Kemi Badenoch down plays significance of Tories 6% vote in Hamilton by-election
Kemi Badenoch down plays significance of Tories 6% vote in Hamilton by-election
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Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch, claimed that the by-election in Hamilton is “not the place where the Conservative party fight back starts”.
The Tories gained just six per cent of the vote, a 11.5 per cent decrease from 2021, coming in fourth place behind Labour, the SNP and Reform UK.
Badenoch highlighted the competitive nature of the UK political system.
She said: "We have made it very clear that the situation has changed and we have to be different, and that is what my job is right now - to change the Conservative party to make sure we can fight in an era of multi-party politics."
'Scotland has rejected the politics of Nigel Farage and Reform' Anas Sarwar speaks directly to GB News viewers following Labour's by-election Victory
The leader of the Scottish Labour Party, Anas Sarwar, told GB News that Scotland has "rejected the politics of Nigel Farage and Reform."
Directly addressing GB News viewers, he said: "If you want to get rid of the SNP, if you want a change of government, if you want a different direction, whatever your views on a multitude of issues next year, the choice is this.
"A third decade of the SNP with John Swinney in charge, or a new direction for Scotland with a Scottish Labour government. So if you want to beat them, you've got to vote Scottish Labour."
He added: "There is not a single constituency in the country that Reform can win. And in the vast majority of constituencies, it is a straight choice between Labour and the SNP. So if you want to get rid of the SNP, you need to support Scottish Labour."
John Swinney says SNP has 'work to do' following unexpected Hamilton by-election result
The SNP leader and first minister, John Swinney, said his party has not made enough progress since last year's general election after losing the Hamilton seat to Labour.
Highlighting Scottish concerns on the cost of living and NHS waiting times, the first minister vowed to do more to address the people's priorities.
This is the second by-election in recent years that SNP candidate Katy Loudon has lost, receiving less than 30 per cent of the vote.
'Unfair' bonuses BANNED for water company bosses that fail standards
Senior executives at Thames Water, Yorkshire Water, Anglian Water, Wessex Water, United Utilities, and Southern Water all face restrictions on performance-related pay.
All six companies committed the most serious "Category 1" pollution breaches, which are deemed to have a serious, extensive, or persistent impact on the environment, people or property.
Steve Reed, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary, told GB News: "I think what we are doing is right. I think it's justified."
Reed claimed that water bosses paid out over £100million in bonuses over the last decade while overseeing record levels of sewage pollution into British rivers, lakes and the sea.
'Stretched beyond recognition!' Chris Philip SLAMS judges for the interpretation of the ECHR in Britain
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philip has criticised judges for a "stretched" interpretation of the ECHR in Britain and told GB News that the Conservative Party believes an exit from the convention might be necessary.
Philip said: "We have increasingly come to the view that we do need to leave the ECHR in order to allow our democratically elected Parliament to implement the will of the people in a whole range of different areas... We think every single foreign criminal, not some but all foreign criminals, should be kicked out and returned to their country of origin.
"We think everybody who comes into this country illegally, for example, by small boat, should be removed to some location outside of Europe.
"The way that judges both in the Strasbourg court and in our domestic UK courts interpret the ECHR, which they've stretched and stretched and stretched beyond recognition, makes it, in our view, now very difficult for our democratically elected Parliament to do what the British public wants in those areas."
'Only just getting started!' Nigel Farage reacts to Reform UK's 'huge advance' in Scotland
Nigel Farage has expressed his "delight" after Reform UK came third in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election last night.
Despite Labour securing a victory in the Scottish constituency, the Reform UK candidate Ross Lambie made significant gains, coming in third place.
Taking to X, the MP for Clacton wrote: "Reform UK are delighted with our progress in Scotland. The Hamilton result marks a huge advance for the party.
"We are only just getting started in Scotland."
Labour wins Hamilton by-election as Reform UK finish third in surprise victory for Sir Keir Starmer
Davy Russell celebrates Hamilton by-election win with Scottish Labour leadershipPAScottish Labour has secured a significant victory in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election, with candidate Davy Russell defeating the SNP to claim the seat.
Russell won with 8,539 votes, which marked 31.57 per cent of the vote.
On the other hand, the SNP's candidate Katy Loudon received 7,957 votes - 29.35 per cent of the vote.
Meanwhile, Reform came in third with 7,088 votes - 26.15 per cent of the vote.
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