Boris Johnson has joined calls for a referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Court of Human Rights.
The former prime minister, who is currently plugging his new memoir ‘Unleashed’, told the Daily Telegraph there was a strong case to give voters a say on the ECHR, which critics say prevents Britain from having full control of immigration.
Johnson suggested the ECHR did not “provide people with protections that they wouldn’t otherwise have”.
The UK’s membership is a key Tory leadership issue with Robert Jenrick saying the party must back an exit to survive.
Earlier this week he also said he was open to Johnson being in his shadow cabinet, and with more Tory leadership shenanigans to come, it might be a good time to re-share this sketch featuring Patrick Stewart.
Watch the video in full below:
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