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The Today programme host repeatedly pressed the Tory leadership candidate for details over his bizarre remark.
But Tom Tugendhat maintained a Conservative government has often "served this country well".
Keir Starmer also poured cold water on the failed policy, saying the UK would "not ever" leave the ECHR.
The prime minister said he would not side with a "foreign court" over the UK's national security.
The prime minister has vowed to ignore rulings from the court in order to get deportation flights in the air.
Labour frontbencher accused the government of trying to "distract" from "inability to govern".
And no, it's got nothing to do with the EU.
One MP blamed "lefty lawyers" after a deportation flight to Rwanda was grounded on Tuesday night.