> the UK used to be a major world advocate for human rights
>Yes, but we aren't any more
Have you got a source for this?
Seems far from definitive, especially given the scale of the claim you're making, to be quite honest. I'll do some research of my own and link back if I find anything more substantial as I'm actually sympathetic to your original point even if I think the evidence you provided is weak at best.
If we had remained then, what would the EU have prevented them from doing so far? Would they have stopped the corruption with regards to the Covid contracts? I guess we would have to keep GDPR, but then GDPR might have been stronger in the first place without the UKs influence.
> the UK used to be a major world advocate for human rights
Yes, but we aren't any more and our press freedom index is quite low by EU standards.