Dream on, Dom! Raab powerless to thwart European court unless plug pulled on Brexit deal

DOMINIC Raab's threat to remove the UK from the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights is an empty one because the terms of Boris Johnson's Brexit deal commit Britain to complying with its judgments, a former Brexit Party MEP has warned.

And Ben Habib has said the only way Prime Minister Boris Johnson can free the nation from the “onerous obligations” imposed upon it is by ripping up his Brexit deal with the bloc completely. Speaking on Sunday, recently appointed Justice Secretary Mr Raab claimed the ECHR - which is an independent body and not one of the European Union’s institutions - was imposing too many "obligations on the state".judgments, a former Brexit Party MEP has warned.