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If Keir Starmer had any backbone, he would sack Lord Hermer, writes Chris Philp

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30 May 2025, 17:34

By Chris Philp MP

Yesterday, Keir Starmer’s friend, former donor, and the Attorney General, Lord Hermer, compared calls for the UK to leave the ECHR to demands from those in Nazi Germany in the 1930s.

Lord Hermer’s comments are disgusting and offensive – he has lost all touch with reality.

The interpretation of the ECHR has been expanded and twisted by judges over the years to allow illegal immigrants and foreign criminals to stay in Western countries, regardless of laws passed by their parliaments.

Take an example which was reported just two days ago. A Pakistani drug dealer, who had seven convictions for 21 offences, including supplying heroin and cocaine,........

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