伦敦任职时间最长的保守党政治家之一、在该党任职53年后宣布退党。
One of London's longest-serving Conservative politicians has resigned from the party after 53 years.
伦敦议会议员安德鲁·博夫表示，他因支持《欧洲人权公约》（ECHR），被阻止参加保守党伦敦市长候选人提名竞争。他称这一决定“非同寻常，令人极度失望”。
Assembly member Andrew Boff said he had been blocked from entering the race to be the Conservative candidate for London mayor because he supports the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). He called the decision "extraordinary and profoundly disappointing".
伦敦市政厅保守党团领袖苏珊·霍尔表示，她“对他的退党深表遗憾”，但坚定维护该党退出《欧洲人权公约》的承诺。
Susan Hall of the City Hall Conservatives said she "deeply regrets" his resignation but stands resolutely by the party's commitment to leaving the ECHR.
保守党领袖凯米·巴德诺赫于2025年10月接受GB News采访时表示，不同意退出《欧洲人权公约》的人“不应该、也不能作为保守党候选人参选”。
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch told GB News in October 2025 that anyone who did not agree with leaving the ECHR "should not and cannot stand as a Conservative candidate".
博夫1973年入党、2008年进入伦敦议会，现在将以独立的伦敦全选区议员身份履职。
Boff, who joined the party in 1973 and the assembly in 2008, will now serve as an independent London-wide member.
当被问及是否预料到会被阻止参选时，他对BBC伦敦电台表示：“没有，我没预料到，因为首先，伦敦市长职位对《欧洲人权公约》毫无影响。
Asked whether he expected to be blocked, he told BBC Radio London: "No, I didn't because first thing is, the position of mayor of London has no effect whatsoever on the ECHR.
“伦敦市长既不能加入《欧洲人权公约》，也不能退出《欧洲人权公约》。这纯粹是议会的决定。
"The mayor of London can't join the ECHR or pull out of the ECHR. It's purely a parliamentary decision.
“我不理解，我对人权、欧洲委员会以及乌克兰的坚定支持，怎么会让我落入‘不受欢迎人物’的框框里。”他在一份声明中指出，该公约并非“左翼项目”，而是“防止政府专断的保障”，并指出包括温斯顿·丘吉尔在内的英国保守党人曾在二战后协助创建该公约。
"I do not understand how my position on being so supportive of human rights, the Council of Europe and indeed Ukraine has put me in the box of persona non grata." In a statement, he said the convention was not a "left-wing project" but a "safeguard against arbitrary government", pointing out that British Conservatives, including Winston Churchill, helped create it after World War Two.
他主张，人们的权利不应取决于哪个党在议会占据多数，尤其是在一个没有成文宪法的国家，政府可能仅凭少数选票就赢得大比例多数席位。
He argued that people's rights should not depend on whichever party holds a majority in parliament, particularly in a country with no codified constitution, where governments can win large majorities with a minority of the vote.
“这些是保守党的价值观，至少是我入党时那届保守党的价值观，”他说。
"These are Conservative values, or at least they were the values of the Conservative Party I joined," he said.
博夫说，他从未指望党内所有人都认同他的观点，但他表示，与某人意见不合与“认定某人的信念使其甚至不具备提出参选服务的资格”之间存在“深刻差异”。
Boff said he had never expected everyone in the party to share his views, but said there was "a profound difference" between disagreeing with someone and "deciding their beliefs disqualify them from even putting themselves forward to serve".
他补充道：“一个政党如果不能容忍对基本人权的支持，那么它已经远远偏离了最初吸引我的原则。
He added: "A political party that cannot tolerate support for fundamental human rights has moved a very long way from the principles that first attracted me to it.
“我并未放弃我的保守主义原则。我认为该党已经放弃了一些自己的原则。“我不会为了继续留在任何政党而放弃这些原则。”
"I have not abandoned my Conservative principles. I believe the party has abandoned some of its own. "I will not surrender those principles in order to remain a member of any political party."
霍尔谈到博夫时说：“安德鲁一直是保守主义原则的坦率且直言不讳的支持者，我们感谢他为本党所做的贡献。”
Hall said of Boff: "Andrew has been a forthright and vocal supporter of Conservative principles, and we thank him for his contribution to our party."
《欧洲人权公约》是欧洲委员会在第二次世界大战后制定的一项条约。它与欧盟分离，与脱欧后的变化无关。
The ECHR was a treaty drawn up by the Council of Europe after World War Two. It is separate from the EU and unrelated to changes after Brexit.
该公约规定了诸如生命权、公正审判权、言论自由权以及家庭生活权等权利，并禁止酷刑和有辱人格的待遇。
It sets out rights such as the right to life, a fair trial, freedom of expression, and the right to family life, and it bans torture and degrading treatment.
案件将提交至位于斯特拉斯堡的欧洲人权法院。自1998年《人权法案》生效以来，英国法院也可以直接适用该公约。
Cases go to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Since the Human Rights Act 1998, UK courts can also apply the convention directly.
目前不属于该条约的欧洲国家只有两个：俄罗斯，该国于2022年被驱逐；以及白俄罗斯。
The only European countries not part of the treaty are Russia, which was expelled in 2022, and Belarus.