Supporters of the European Convention on Human Rights must seize the moment and confront right-wing propaganda demanding the UK leaves it now - or risk a Brexit-style disaster, argues Kevin Maguire.

Lewis Goodall disputes Bruges Group's Robert Oulds after his stance on Brexit contradicts facts.

The European Court ruled on Tuesday that the Russian government violated several articles in the European Convention on Human Rights over the course of its 11-month pre-trial detention and posthumous criminal conviction of Sergei Magnitsky.

In March last year, Dominic Cummings, former Campaign Director of Vote Leave, warned that after Brexit happens “we’ll be coming for the ECHR… and we’ll win that by more than 52-48…” For anyone who has paid attention to the public debate over the Human Rights Act (HRA) and European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in the past decade, those were chilling words.

The drumbeats get louder as the call of the wild pulses through the blood of the Conservative party again. The front page of the Telegraph on Thursday splashes, “Cabinet call on PM to ditch ECHR”. On their headcount, a third of the British cabinet want to join Russia and Belarus as pariah states outside the European convention on human rights.

EU negotiator sets out main obstacles to deal, including rights convention and fishing.

Boris Johnson is planning to opt out of parts of the Human Rights Act, according to reports.

British negotiators in Brexit trade talks have rejected EU demands.

Rumblings from No 10 and the cabinet want you to believe that the ECHR is being ‘abused’ by European judges. The reality couldn’t be more different.

Boris Johnson ‘shredding trust’ with three breaches of international law, former top diplomat warns.

With Brexit, Britain returned from a codified and protected constitutional system, to an uncodified and unprotected one based on the sovereignty of Parliament.

Legal experts say Brussels has right to take retaliatory action, making cross-border law enforcement harder. / We have noted the reaction of the United Nations, and they are really concerned about what’s going on,” Anton Hofreiter, the chair of the committee, told reporters in London.

In this week's Brexit downsides, extra food labelling costing up to £250mn, a huge drop in overseas students, veterinary shortages in NI, and more.

EU negotiator expresses frustrations at UK refusal to discuss key issues of transition. / Michel Barnier has suggested the UK is running down the clock in talks over the future trade and security relationship with the EU.

We have been here before. Several times. Five consecutive Tory PMs up to Rishi Sunak speculated about, or advocated, repudiating the European Convention (and Court) of Human Rights, which Britain helped draft in 1951, and of which Boris Johnson had previously spoken warmly as “one of the great things we gave to Europe”.

One of the main concerns is that any update will serve the Conservatives' own interests.

One complainant had argued EU citizenship is an ‘ac­quired right’ that cannot be removed.

A European Court of Human Rights ruling stopped the flight. It is a totally separate institution from the EU.

"This is about protecting the integrity of our politics, our democratic system and our electoral process", Ben Bradshaw said.

Brussels commissioner says bill breaches convention, as legal experts warn of risk to Brexit trade deal.

Chief negotiator Michel Barnier says 'the EU sets its own conditions for opening up its markets for goods and services'

Chief negotiator Michel Barnier warns of "serious difficulties" and accuses Britain of failing to engage on subjects laid out in the withdrawal agreement.