5 d. ago Keir Starmer comes under pressure to sack his top legal adviser after he likened Right

Sir Keir Starmer is under pressure to sack his Attorney General over controversial comments he made in a speech last week that were seen as directed towards the Tories and Reform UK.

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8 d. ago Keir Starmer faces calls to SACK top legal adviser Lord Hermer after peer apologises for 'clumsy' speech comparing calls for UK to quit ECHR to early Nazi ideology

In an astonishing speech last night Lord Hermer, the Attorney General, hit out at right wing MPs and the media for being behind a 'siren song' pushing for Britain to drop international law.

Politics

8 d. ago Keir Starmer's top legal adviser Lord Hermer apologises for 'clumsy' speech comparing calls for UK to quit ECHR to early Nazi ideology

In an astonishing speech last night Lord Hermer, the Attorney General, hit out at right wing MPs and the media for being behind a 'siren song' pushing for Britain to drop international law.

Politics

8 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

Politics

8 d. ago Labour minister defends Keir Starmer's top legal adviser over 'appalling' claim that calls for UK to quit ECHR echo early Nazi Germany

In an astonishing speech last night Lord Hermer, the Attorney General, hit out at MPs and the media for being behind a 'siren song' pushing for Britain to drop international law.

Politics

8 d. ago Keir Starmer's top legal adviser claims calls to quit the ECHR are similar to those made by the Nazis

Lord Hermer, the Attorney General, hit out at MPs and the media for being behind a 'siren song' pushing for Britain to drop international law, in a lecture at the Royal United Services Institute.

Politics

2 w. ago UK signs £3.4bn deal to cede sovereignty over Chagos Islands to Mauritius

Starmer says there’s ‘no alternative’ and defends cost, saying it is ‘part and parcel of using Britain’s reach to keep us safe at home’UK politics live – latest updatesThe UK has signed a £3.4bn agreement to cede sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after an 11th-hour legal challenge failed.Keir Starmer told a press conference on Thursday afternoon he had signed the deal and that it was “one of the most significant contributions that we make to our security relationship with the United States”. Continue reading...

Economics

3 w. ago DAN HODGES: The biggest problem is that we have a PM who doesn't want to stop the boats...

Everyone knows the Tories betrayed the British people over their pledge to slash legal migration and 'stop the boats'. Keir Starmer 's own pledge to 'deliver' on migration is equally empty.

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