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the HRA will soon have an amendment in it* that says "We will subscribe to the ECHR. Except when it pleases us not to.
The government would still be bound by the European Convention on Human Rights though, being a signatory to it. OK, they could just ignore it, but that puts you in some pretty unpleasant company.
Brommers-
The Government (rather, Parliament) is bound only inasmuch as the ECHR is incorporated into the HRA (and any other UK legislation), no? Because sovereignty, and Parliament can not be bound by its predecessors.
Ignoring it would be unlawful, but there's nothing stopping them from repealing the relevant parts of HRA, other than other multi- / uni-lateral agreements that are contingent and / or dependent on it.
Unpleasant company would probably be the best we can expect, given the current shitshow.
NotThamesWater
I don't think that any promises on that front are worth the puff of hot air that accompanies them.
Unless there are Brexit deals that are contingent on keeping the ECHR, my guess is that as soon as the ECourtHR rules against whichever government is then in power, the HRA will soon have an amendment in it* that says "We will subscribe to the ECHR. Except when it pleases us not to."
* No doubt through a Brexity statutory instrument that requires no Parliamentary oversight. Because fuck sovereignty.