Conservative leadership hopeful Tom Tugendhat is calling for the reform of a human rights convention he says is preventing the deportation of “murderers and rapists”. Speaking at a campaign launch today, the Tonbridge MP promised to put immigration high on his agenda and said if there was no way to modernise the outdated European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) then he would be happy to pull out of it entirely. Answering questions from reporters at the Royal Horseguards Hotel in Whitehall, Mr Tugendhat said: “If it turns out that the treaty can’t be reformed and I can’t protect people from v…