The fundamental purpose of the ECHR is to protect people from governments of all colours.

- @stellacreasy.bsky.social

"This is something Britain was involved in at the start - it is not a foreign imposition.

It plays an important role in the life of the British people."

FCDO Minister Stephen Doughty on why the UK will not be leaving the ECHR, at today's debate secured by @cateccles.bsky.social

"The Reform and Tory policy of ECHR withdrawal is simply, I'm afraid, Brexit 2.0 and isolationism."

@tonyvaughanmp.bsky.social on why we need the ECHR to manage our borders.

"In Spanish, the word compromiso means both compromise and commitment. We need a commitment to compromise."

–Sir Chris Bryant MP, Minister of State for Trade Policy, speaking at out conference rally.

"The reason why the reactionary right hate the ECHR is because it gives ordinary citizens the right against the secretive and authoritarian state that they want."

–George Peretz KC, Chair of the Society of Labour Lawyers, speaking at our conference rally.

@georgeperetzkc.bsky.social

'We chose to break that cycle, not with shouting slogans from the sidelines, but with solutions."

–Nick Thomas-Symonds, Minister for EU Relations, speaking at our conference rally.

"The real danger to border control and public security here, is leaving the ECHR."

–George Peretz KC, Chair of the Society of Labour Lawyers, speaking at our conference rally.

@georgeperetzkc.bsky.social @soclablaw.bsky.social

"We've been really harmed by Brexit as an industry."

–Naomi Pohl, General Secretary of the Musicians' Union, speaking at our conference rally.

@naomipohl.bsky.social @wearethemu.bsky.social

“We are already now a target of hybrid aggression.”

—Thomas Vaupel, Deputy General Secretary of the Party of European Socialists, speaking at our conference rally.

@pes.eu

🚨 Chancellor Rachel Reeves MP to @samcoatessky.bsky.social:

“There is no doubting that the impact of Brexit is severe and long-lasting”

"The European Union, at its core, is the most fundamental peace and security pact."

– Calvin Bailey MP, Member of the Defence Select Committee, speaking at our conference rally.

“Nigel Farage has been surprisingly quiet about the trade relationship we now have with Europe.”

–Yuan Yang MP (@yuanfenyang.bsky.social), Member of the Treasury Select Committee, speaking at our conference rally.

“It makes the economics of touring almost impossible.”

— @chrisbryant1962.bsky.social on the need for a 🇬🇧🇪🇺 deal to help emerging British artists tour in Europe again.

“The first trade deal in history that made trade harder”

📉 Exports down nearly 20%

🛑 16,000 firms giving up exporting to the EU

— Minister for EU Relations Nick Thomas-Symonds on the Tory Brexit deal, speaking at our Labour conference rally.