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.

The European Convention on Human Rights came into effect on 3 September 1953. Some people talk about the European Convention as if it was imposed on the unwilling British by our continental neighbours, but the reality may surprise you.

Many human rights regulations such as migrant rights, environmental rights, and workers’ rights are protected across the entire European Union. But when the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, Britain’s lawmakers could rewrite human rights laws.