"The ECHR PREDATES the EU. It was setup by Churchill and the allies post WW2 to prevent fascism spreading again in Europe.

Of all the 46 states in Europe only Russia and Belarus are not signed up to it.

And now we have a #Tory MP calling for us to leave."

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I believe I am right in saying that Churchill actually wrote parts of the founding treaty of the Council of Europe; the body with oversight of the ECHR.

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