THE grounding of the first Rwanda-bound plane was the most infamous example of the grotesque over-reach of the European Court of Human Rights.
That ruling, in the dead of night by an anonymous judge lobbied by the Left, was a jaw-dropping outrage, a green light for the illegal small-boat migrants.
It proved a Strasbourg court can still dictate our border policy and who we can deport. And that must end.
The EU and the ECHR are not linked.
But it is crazy that having left the former to become truly independent we still slavishly follow the latter’s edicts.
Rishi Sunak, as he showed in his Sun interview, appreciates that in a way Labour never will.
Once his Rwanda deterrent overcomes the blockers in Parliament, he is determined to ignore further injunctions from Strasbourg should they still arise.
But, as Rishi acknowledges, the time may well have come to go further — by making it a Tory election manifesto pledge to leave the ECHR.
Our sovereignty, the right to make our own laws and choose our destiny, was the Brexit clincher.
Now, as the PM says, our border security must trump objections from out-of-touch foreign judges.
The Left will squeal about “fascism” and the “end of human rights”, ignoring all the world’s other advanced nations NOT under ECHR control.
And the PM will cop flak from his party’s hand-wringing “centrists” too.
But what do they think they have to lose, with the polls as they are?
MUCH as we love Prue Leith and Bake Off we’re not sure she would be our No1 choice to champion rationing.
But Prue, whose own show encourages the widespread production of calorific treats, thinks the Government must now save us from ourselves.
Ordinary nanny state interference like sugar taxes won’t suffice, she says.
Prue wants biscuits and ice cream “restricted”.
How? With the ration cards of her childhood? Maybe clipboard-wielding enforcers in the chocolate aisle?
Britain needs cheering up, Prue.
Let us enjoy a snack or three, as you do on the telly.
THE Royal Mail is chucking fuel on the fire of its own stricken business.
What better way to kill off the habit of posting a card or letter than to hike stamps for the third time in a year?
First-class will now cost a staggering £1.35, despite next-day delivery increasingly failing.
Meanwhile second-class (now 85p) may only get delivered two or three times a week.
In the era of free email and WhatsApp, they want you to pay more for less.
How long before the post is toast?
