16 h. ago Human rights laws need 'tightening,' says Cabinet minister amid Tory move to quit ECHR to cut immigration

Environment Secretary Steve Reed’s comments came as the head of the Council of Europe, whose role includes promoting human rights, argued the ECHR needed to be ‘adapted’ for the modern world

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7 d. ago Voices: Oh dear, m’lud: It’s never a good idea to call people Nazis if they are not Nazis

The attorney general Lord Harmer has compared the rise of Reform to 1930s Germany – and it’s not only a mistake but a sign that Labour may be losing its battle with Nigel Farage, writes John Rentoul

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7 d. ago Attorney General regrets 'clumsy' language on 1930s Germany as 'Nazi' row grows with Tories and Reform on ECHR

Shadow paymaster general Richard Holden said Lord Hermer’s isn’t ‘fit to be our Attorney General’

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7 d. ago Attorney General ‘regrets’ comparing calls to leave ECHR with 1930s Germany

Lord Hermer faced criticism from Tory leader Kemi Badenoch for a speech he made on Thursday.

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7 d. ago 'Nazi' row spirals after Attorney General 'compares' Tories and Reform on ECHR to 1930s Germany

Shadow paymaster general Richard Holden said Lord Hermer’s isn’t ‘fit to be our Attorney General’

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7 d. ago Top Labour lawyer compares Tory and Reform's 'dangerous' demands to Nazism

Keir Starmer’s top legal officer, Richard Hermer, has compared demands by the Tories and Reform for Britain to pull itself from international courts to 1930s Nazi Germany

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7 d. ago Attorney General compares Reform and Tories’ policy to actions of Nazi Germany

Lord Hermer remarked claims that international law can be ‘put aside’ were made in the early 1930s in Germany

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7 d. ago Attorney General takes aim at Tories and Reform as he compares calls to leave ECHR with Nazi Germany

Lord Hermer used a speech in London to say that claims that international law can be ‘put aside’ were made in the early 1930s in Germany

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8 d. ago Attorney General compares calls to leave international courts with Nazi Germany

Lord Hermer used a speech in London on Thursday to say that claims that international law can be ‘put aside’ were made in the early 1930s in Germany.

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