Robert Jenrick joins calls for Sir Keir Starmer to sack lefty lawyer Attorney General who represented Shamima Begum

The Sun

2 days ago

ROBERT Jenrick joined calls for the PM to sack his lefty lawyer Attorney General who represented IS bride Shamima Begum.
Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick yesterday blasted the PM for continuing to support Cabinet Minister Lord Richard Hermer, whose former client list also includes Gerry Adams and a right-hand man to Osama Bin Laden.
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In a viral video on social media, Mr Jenrick accused the Attorney General of having 'spent much of his life defending those who hate Britain'.
He claimed Lord Hermer actively chose to take on the cases of terrorists and illegal migrants, even where legal ethics dictated he did not have to.
The Shadow Justice Secretary said: 'Lord Hermer was a top human rights lawyer.
'He would have been inundated with cases, able to choose the pick of the bunch.
'And what's more, he often worked on a pro-bono or no-win no-fee basis.'
Mr Jenrick accused the Attorney General, who is personally close to the PM, of being 'riddled with potential conflicts of interest' because he so often tried to sue the government.
It came as last week Lord Hermer, one of Labour's biggest advocates of the ECHR, sparked outrage for comparing opponents of the foreign court to nazis.
Mr Jenrick added: 'Starmer should never have appointed him in the first place.
'Why did he? Because they share exactly the same views.
'Britain deserves better than the pair of them.'
Unveiling Lord Hermer's Legal Fee Scandal
A spokesperson for the Attorney General's Office said: 'Law Officers such as the Attorney General will naturally have an extensive legal background and may have previously been involved in a wide number of past cases.
'Barristers do not associate themselves with their clients' opinions.'
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