{UAH} Theresa May bows to EU by keeping UK in human rights convention after Brexit, enraging Tory right

Frank Mujabi/ Akim Jags Odong,/ Moses Nekyon

So Theresa May has been arm-twisted to agree to UK continuing membership of the European Convention On Human Rights whose jurisdiction, through the European Court of Justice, will continue to apply to the UK as the court of last resort- or last court of appeal. This is an issue of sovereignity that UKIP and Nigel Farage had fought over for almost 20 years- and whose bandwagon the Brexiteers had jumped on.  It is now difficult to see how the Conservative party and government can survive with such a seismic concession.

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Theresa May bows to EU by keeping UK in human rights convention after Brexit, enraging Tory right

Government is now 'committed' to staying in the treaty – after Brussels said pulling out would jeopardise a future security deal

• Rob Merrick Deputy Political Editor 
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Theresa May has bowed to EU pressure to keep the UK in the European Convention on Human Rights, in another move that will inflame the Tory right.

The Brexit white paper pledges that the government is "committed" to staying in the treaty – after Brussels said pulling out would jeopardise a future security deal.

The prime minister has previously backed leaving the ECHR, although she acknowledged there was no Commons majority for doing so at present.

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In her 2016 Conservative leadership campaign, Ms May said she believed ECHR membership made it harder to deport terror suspects and criminals.

She became an opponent during her spell as Home Secretary during her attempts - which eventually took eight years - to extradite hate preacher Abu Qatada to Jordan to face terrorism charges.

On the eve of the Brexit referendum, Ms May said: "The ECHR can bind the hands of parliament, adds nothing to our prosperity, makes us less secure by preventing the deportation of dangerous foreign nationals – and does nothing to change the attitudes of governments like Russia's when it comes to human rights."

Last year's Tory election manifesto pledged staying in only "for the duration of the next parliament", until the Brexit process had been completed.

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