PM’s plan to prevent those under 16 ever being able to buy tobacco should pass due to Labour support, but many of his own MPs could abstain or vote against
Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, is one of the Britons speaking at the National Conservatism conference in Brussels starting today. The conference, which features hardline rightwingers from around the world committed to the NatCons’ ‘faith, flag and family’ brand of conservatism, is going ahead despite two venues refusing to host them at relatively short notice.
According to extracts from her speech released in advance to favourable papers, Braverman will argue that hints from Rishi Sunak that he might leave the European convention on human rights (ECHR) are phoney. In what seems to be a reference to what Sunak told the Sun about this recently, she will say:
The current UK government doesn’t have the political will to take on the ECHR and hasn’t laid the ground work for doing so.
And so it’s no surprise that recent noises in this direction are easily dismissed as inauthentic.
Any attempt to include a plan for ECHR withdrawal in a losing Conservative election manifesto risks setting the cause back a generation.
A range of contests are taking place across England and Wales on polling day, with every voter able to take part in at least one type of election.
Nearly 2,700 council seats in England are up for grabs across 107 local authorities, while 37 police and crime commissioners in England and Wales will also be chosen.
Continue reading…PM’s plan to prevent those under 16 ever being able to buy tobacco should pass due to Labour support, but many of his own MPs could abstain or vote againstSuella Braverman, the former home secretary, is one of the Britons speaking at the National Conservatism conference in Brussels starting today. The conference, which features hardline rightwingers from around the world committed to the NatCons’ ‘faith, flag and family’ brand of conservatism, is going ahead despite two venues refusing to host them at relatively short notice.According to extracts from her speech released in advance to favourable papers, Braverman will argue that hints from Rishi Sunak that he might leave the European convention on human rights (ECHR) are phoney. In what seems to be a reference to what Sunak told the Sun about this recently, she will say:The current UK government doesn’t have the political will to take on the ECHR and hasn’t laid the ground work for doing so.And so it’s no surprise that recent noises in this direction are easily dismissed as inauthentic.Any attempt to include a plan for ECHR withdrawal in a losing Conservative election manifesto risks setting the cause back a generation.A range of contests are taking place across England and Wales on polling day, with every voter able to take part in at least one type of election.Nearly 2,700 council seats in England are up for grabs across 107 local authorities, while 37 police and crime commissioners in England and Wales will also be chosen. Continue reading…