Does Britain really want to be associated with Belarus on human rights?

According to yesterday’s Mail on Sunday, under a future Conservative government Britain would pull out of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Mail implies that such a move would allow Britain to deport foreign criminals without fear of being censored for breach their human rights. There are a number of problems with this position.

DEFRA’s B-team face another defeat

Holding the government to account and exposing bad policies is what opposition is about; poor Gavin Shuker MP has to do this for DEFRA, so never has a quiet day.