Joe CCONSERVATIVES HOLD RAYLEIGH AND WICKFORD
First Conservative win of the night so far, but not without a 30% swing against the Tories.
JdeBPPeople of #Rayleigh and #Wickford:
Your Member of Parliament yesterday *represented you* by stating that the #ECHR, guaranteeing freedom from slavery and torture, the rights to life and fair trials, so horrifically violated during WW2 and fought for by many, are *now out of date* and should be renegotiated by the United Kingdom in favour of more limited #HumanRights.
Is this your view?
Are you willing to espouse this view aloud in, say, Wickford Memorial Park?
"The [European] Convention [on Human Rights] was drafted [...] in the aftermath of the horror of the Second World War, but over 70 years ago. And it's now clearly been overtaken by events"
— Conservative and Unionist Party MP for Rayleigh and Wickford, House of Commons, 2024-05-14
#HumanRights #ECHR #UKLaw #UKPolitics #Rayleigh #Wickford #Tory
Patrick O'Beirne