Is Leaving the ECHR a Good Idea?

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The two big parties on the right of British politics now support leaving the ECHR. But what actually is it, why do they want to leave and would this actually be a good idea? Let’s have a look.

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SOURCES

Why the UK Can’t Leave the ECHR Without Renegotiating the Good Friday Agreement
https://davidallengreen.com/2023/07/why-the-united-kingdom-government-cannot-leave-the-echr-without-either-breaching-or-re-negotiating-the-good-friday-agreement/

How the UK Could Leave the ECHR
https://rozenberg.substack.com/p/how-uk-could-leave-echr?r=ga1yo&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true

Leaving the ECHR and the Refugee Convention
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/leaving-the-echr-and-the-refugee-convention/

The Problems with Leaving the ECHR
https://labourlist.org/2025/09/quitters-never-win-the-problems-with-leaving-the-echr/

UK Will Leave the ECHR if Tories Win Election, Badenoch Says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1mxy2j2elro

Does the ECHR Stop Foreign Criminals Being Removed from the UK?
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/does-the-european-convention-on-human-rights-stop-foreign-criminals-being-removed-from-the-uk/

Oxford Report on Misrepresentations Around the ECHR
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09-04-misrepresentations-around-human-rights-and-immigration-fuelling-calls-quit-echr