Immigration minister Robert Jenrick says government will do ‘whatever is required’ to stop crossings

Posting this because it is a total non-story that is typical of today’s news cycle.

First you have the standard tiresome tactics currently in use by HMG:

  1. Don’t deny anything explicitly
  2. Don’t correct the false assumptions that are then made

Leaving the EHCR is basically a non-starter; the Good Friday Agreement requires the ECHR to be enforceable in Northern Ireland. I don’t see anyone opening up the terms of the GFA anytime soon.

So: there was no explicit statement that there is a plan to leave the ECHR, and leaving the ECHR isn’t realistic anyway. It’s a non-story.

So now into the question: what “real” news is happening today in UK Politics?