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MPs hit back at Tory human rights attack
Rhetoric 'undermines Britain's moral standing'
MPs issued a staunch defence of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) yesterday after its reputation was repeatedly maligned by the Tory leadership.
The ECHR - which is often mistakenly conflated with the EU - has come under separate attacks by PM David Cameron and Justice Secretary Chris Grayling.
Their attacks have elicited cross-party warnings from MPs that breaking with the human rights convention on which the court is based would severely damage Britain's "moral stature."
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