Kemi Badenoch says loopholes in liberalism like the European Convention on Human Rights have been "hacked", as she addresses the centre-right Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference in London. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00In order to fix things, we need to know what went wrong.
00:05I believe that loopholes in liberalism have been found and easily exploited.
00:11We have been hacked.
00:13Rule of law is what builds so much of the West.
00:17It is in the corruption of the rule of law itself that we see where the problems begin.
00:24The most extraordinary example is how the European Convention on Human Rights
00:29designed to stop the persecution of individuals by the state
00:33is now weaponised by those who wish to erode our national identity and border security.
00:46The current system is being exploited.
00:49The public are enraged at the perception that the UK has become a haven for foreign criminals.
00:56One case involved a man who was allowed to stay.
01:00It was claimed that his son disliked foreign chicken nuggets.
01:05In another, a drug dealer reportedly avoids deportation because of his daughter's gender identity issues.
01:14But we were members of this convention for half a century without this madness.
01:19What's changed? It's not the values, it's the people.
01:23They are afraid of creating any kind of conflict.
01:26They use the most novel and expansive interpretations of human rights law to avoid it.
01:32And we see that lack of confidence now in everything from law and order to national defence.
01:39A fear of sticking up for young girls being abused by rape gangs over so many decades
01:45so as not to upset community relations.