Kemi Badenoch just finished her immigration speech launching a review on whether the UK should leave the ECHR. She said “we will likely leave the ECHR” though her ‘five tests’ must be passed first. So no firm answer…

The BBC’s Chris Mason spoke for most people listening to her speech, asking:

“ I’m trying to unpick precisely what you mean by what you’re saying this morning. To be clear are you saying that dependent on the outcome of the review the commission that will be underway you might actually come back in the autumn and say you know what actually we’ve got to stay in the European Convention on Human Rights?”

Kemi replied:

“This is a legal question not a political question. That’s what those five tests are. We have effectively hired Lord Wolfson to be our lawyer and set out w

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