The move has been called a “cowardly” attempt to “gut this country’s human rights protections” by rights groups. The traditional party of the centre-right has also been accused of lurching to the right and mimicking Nigel Farage, who has vowed to quit the ECHR if he enters office. Shadow home secretary Chris Philp insisted there was “a massive difference” between his party’s plan and Reform UK’s. London Assembly Member for Havering and Redbridge, Keith Prince AM, has today defected to Reform UK. The Conservative Party is finished.”