Politics · 1 hour ago
Andrew Boff quits Tories after 53 years, barred from London mayor race over ECHR
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Boff, chairman of the London Assembly, says Kemi Badenoch's party stopped him standing for its mayoral nomination because he still backs the European Convention on Human Rights. He joined in 1973 and has sat as an Assembly Member since 2008. He'll now serve as an independent, while Susan Hall, the Tories' London Assembly leader, said they stand by quitting the ECHR.
Reported by London Evening Standard · How we write briefs