Suella Braverman welcomed the new Home Secretary as she joined forces with Reform UK to set out her plan for Britain to leave the European Convention on Human Rights in a bid to tackle the migrant crisis.
The former Home Secretary, who served in the position for the Tories during two stints in 2022 and 2023, posted on social media that she was “looking forward to discussing my policy paper… on how to leave the ECHR” at the Prosperity Institute on Thursday.
“It’s the first detailed plan which busts myths and sets out clear proposals on Northern Ireland, the Human Rights Act, the EU, and how our civil liberties will be protected after we leave,” Ms Braverman said in her post on X.
The Fareham and Waterlooville MP said she was pleased to be joined by Deputy Reform UK leader Richard Tice and Lord David Frost for the discussion.
“The new Home Secretary and Attorney General are, of course, very welcome to join us,” Ms Braverman said.
Mr Tice added in his own post: “Don’t miss it”.
Before speaking to a crowd on Thursday morning, a video was played of Ms Braverman explaining her plans.
She declared the UK must “trigger (the) article 58 exit clause”.
Suella Braverman outlining her plan to leave the ECHR | PROSPERITY INSTITUTE“Next we prepare our laws to take back control,” Ms Braverman added.
“We repeal the Human Rights Act and we reform judicial review to curb activist judges.”
The former Home Secretary said it was important to amend legislation throughout the United Kingdom to apply laws “consistently”.
In addressing the crowd, Ms Braverman declared Britain was “at a moment of crisis”.
Richard Tice supported Suella Braverman’s call for the UK to leave the ECHR
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“A crisis of security, a crisis of trust,” she added.
“We’ve lost control of our borders, we have a justice system that in too many cases is distorted and unfair.”
Ms Braverman said British people had “lost confidence in our law enforcement”.
“Our national sovereignty has been eroded and the British people are taking to our streets in anger,” she said.
Ms Braverman said it was time for “serious action” which the Government has failed to act upon.
She addressed her call for Britain to leave the ECHR, saying she had received backlash from within her party for being the first Conservative Cabinet minister to make the call.
“I have thought long and hard about it, indeed I am passionate about it,” Ms Braverman said.
Having served two stints as Home Secretary, she said it was also during her time as Attorney-General and working as a barrister defending the Home Office that informed her opinion.
“(I) regularly see our human rights laws weaponised against the state by illegal migrants,” she said.
She said she was even criticised by then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who “abjectly refused to take this vital step when we had the majority”.
Supporting the call, Mr Tice told the crowd that the EHCR was also impacting on Britain.
“I’m a numbers guy … it is not a coincidence that ever since the 1998 Human Rights Act, our GDP growth has declined, our human rights lawyers have grown a whole new industry of lawfare, our productivity is collapsing our very own ears,” he said.
