Richard Hermer has attacked new Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s position on ECHR reform. Here we go…
On top of his defensive comments about membership of the Convention in general Hermer also said it would only be possible to alter the UK’s domestic application of its provisions. This runs counter to what a growing chorus of concerned European member states have been saying for months…
The Attorney General said a claim that the convention could be changed at the European level is a “political trick” and would not be possible. Compare that to what Mahmood said in June about European efforts to do that very thing:
“The European convention on human rights is one of the great achievements of postwar politics. It has endured because it has evolved. Now, it must do so again… In this context, the recent letter from nine European leaders [arguing for reform of the ECHR to give states more latitude to deport foreign offenders, among other things] demonstrates a desire for open conversation about the future of the Convention.”
At the time of that speech government sources said the UK “was not asked to sign but agreed with much of the letter’s content.” Hermer doesn’t…
Guido hears there is a substantial amount of frustration inside government that the Hermer block was not dealt with in the wide-ranging reshuffle on Friday. A Downing Street source tells Guido this is naturally because the pair is “absurdly close” but Hermer is “not the sort of Attorney General either the Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary or Justice Secretary want.” Labour’s Hermer-shaped problem is not going away…
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