BRITAIN must leave the ECHR, tear up the Human Rights Act and even abolish the Supreme Court, Liz Truss has demanded.
The ex-PM launched a scathing take-down of the institutions she claims have been thwarting elected ministers.
All three have been blamed by critics for frustrating the government’s Rwanda deportation plan at some point.
Speaking to The Sun’s Never Mind The Ballots show, Ms Truss said: “We've got to leave the ECHR, abolish the Supreme Court and abolish the Human Rights Act.”
Calling for a British Bill of Rights, she said: “The idea that human rights were only invented in 1997 is a Blair fiction.”
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Ms Truss - Britain’s shortest serving-PM for 49 days between September and October 2022 - said the UK should quit the European Court of Human Rights without a referendum.
She joins a growing caucus of Tory MPs urging Rishi Sunak to commit to leaving the Strasbourg Court in the election manifesto.
The first Rwanda flight set to take off in 2022 was blocked on the runway following a last-gasp injunction from an anonymous ECHR judge.
PM Mr Sunak told The Sun earlier this month he would consider ending the UK’s 71-year ties with the ECHR if needed to stop the boats.
Ms Truss also took aim at the Supreme Court, which last year torpedoed the initial Rwanda plan and forced ministers to overturn the decision with fresh legislation.
The ex-PM proposed reversing Tony Blair’s decision to create the court as a replacement to justices in the Lords.
The Safety of Rwanda Bill - expected to become law this week - also disapplies sections of the Human Rights Act to shut off legal appeal avenues for illegal migrants in UK courts.
The 1998 Act became enacted under New Labour to apply ECHR conventions into British law.
On Rwanda, Ms Truss said: “I believe it's a good policy. I think we should expand it to more countries rather than solely Rwanda. But it's fundamentally a good policy.
“It's based on the policies you Australians use to deter, illegal immigrants. The problem is it's being blocked by the courts. That is the problem.
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“This is what I'm saying, that we don't have a judiciary that is sufficiently accountable.”
Ministers are confident the Rwanda Bill will finally become law this week after months of wrangling.
MPs are set to approve it tonight, while peers are expected to cave tomorrow paving the way for King Charles to give it Royal Assent.
Downing Street today reaffirmed the PM's commitment to
