We're often reminded that Churchill supported the ECHR or European integration more broadly, as though there were no better argument in favour or against these things.

For a bit of perspective, here's a broader list of stuff Churchill liked:

  • "using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes"
  • the Gold Standard
  • denying India's right to be independent
  • using the army against strikers
  • politicians issuing orders to the police
  • the European Convention on Human Rights
  • European integration
  • imperialism

These people need some better arguments, or at least to explain why their cause gets to be associated with Churchill's admirable qualities rather than his flaws.