Telegraph: David Cameron has ruled out withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights despite objections from Michael Gove, the Justice Secretary, and Theresa May, the Home Secretary.
In the first major cabinet split since the election, Mr Gove and Mrs May believe that pulling out of the convention entirely may be the “only solution” to re-establishing the supremacy of British courts over Strasbourg judges.
The Conservatives last year threatened to pull out of the convention to help free Britain from the edicts of Strasbourg judges, which have seen serious criminals use the human rights laws to avoid deportation.
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However, Mr Cameron has now dropped the plans in preference for a “halfway house” which will see Britain remain a signatory to the convention but scrap the human rights act, which incorporates the convention into British law.
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