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		Nursie on March 29, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: UK triggers the official Brexit process in a lette... Indeed, EU membership was a lock on ECHR membership. But leaving the EU does noy (yet) mean leaving ECHR.

handelaar on March 29, 2017 [–]

Leaving the ECHR is however the stated policy of the current UK government, and leaving the EU will allow it to actually do so.

Nursie on March 29, 2017 | [–]

We can only hope they fail.

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