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On the recordAugust 27, 2025
We don’t think that’s in our national interest. [The ECHR] underpins a series of incredibly important agreements, including the Good Friday agreement. We want to reform it in conjunction with European partners, not by withdrawing from it unilaterally or suspending it. That would put us in a club with Russia and Belarus.
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Matthew Pennycook
Labour Party
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breitbart.com
Aug 27, 2025

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Pennycook criticizes Farage's plan to withdraw from the ECHR and emphasizes the importance of reforming it.

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