Tory leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick has told activists the party will "die" unless it advocates leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The former Home Office minister told supporters at the party's annual conference the convention had made it "impossible to secure our borders”.

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Robert Jenrick has accused Tory bosses of “dumbing down” the leadership contest as he prepares to hold a rebel speech outside the party conference. The front-runner was cheered by a crowd of his supporters carrying “Jenrick for leader” placards as he arrived in Birmingham on Saturday with his wife Michal Berkner before the conference begins on

Tory hardliners have long been calling for the UK to leave the ECHR, claiming it is a barrier to Britain having adequate control over its borders.

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The Conservative Party will “die” unless it proposes pulling Britain out of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), Robert Jenrick will claim on Monday. In a speech at a rally at the Tory conference in Birmingham,