Tories 'to challenge European court with British bill of rights'
David Cameron is heading for a major showdown over Europe with a plan to assert the supremacy of parliament over the European court of human rights to avoid a repeat of the rows over the deportation of foreign criminals, the BBC has reported.
Nick Herbert, the former Tory justice minister, endorsed the proposed changes in a new British bill of rights which would mean that parliament would rule on what constitutes a breach of human rights.
The radical changes, which risk Britain's expulsion from the Council of Europe, the pan-European human rights watchdog, are possible after the prime minister's abrupt sacking of the attorney general, Dominic Grieve, in this week's reshuffle.
Grieve described the changes as a "legal car crash with a built-in time delay", according to the BBC, which also reported that William Hague, who lost his job as foreign secretary this week, has expressed doubts.
The changes, drawn up by a group of Tory lawyers, are expected to be unveiled at the Conservatives' annual conference in the autumn for inclusion in the party's general election manifesto. They are designed to encourage a change of behaviour by the Strasbourg-based court, according the BBC.
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