Yes... and what ever you think of Thatcher she would let no one from Europe or anywhere P over us. And ABU would have been out! long ago.

Not quite. Many exiled Mujahideen "freedom fighters" settled in the UK during the 80s and early 90s. Plus, "the west" also armed & funded them during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan all throughout the 80s.

As for leaving the ECHR, the only other 'European' country not signed up to it is Belarus....Europe's last dictatorship.