Why is the Conservative Party so critical of the European Court of Human Rights? And why has leaving become a pet project for right-wing home secretaries, in particular? These are questions I have been asking myself since Suella Braverman began railing against “the Strasbourg courts”, as she rather dismissively termed them, towards the end of her short-lived stint in the cabinet. It certainly isn’t a compliance issue – the United Kingdom has the fewest number of referrals to the Strasbourg Court and has been on the receiving end of even fewer critical decisions. Furthermore, under the Brighton…
