Net Closing on Richard Hermer – Guido Fawkes

Net Closing on Richard Hermer

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The bad headlines have not stopped for attorney-general Richard Hermer after he compared the ECHR’s critics to Nazis late last week and was forced to roll back the comments by midday the next day. First an analysis of racial hatred charges under the the Public Order Act (1986) shows that the attorney-general must personally approve any prosecutions under the charges. That means that Hermer personally greenlit the prosecution of Lucy Connolly for one tweet which led to a 31-month prison sentence…

This was at the same time as the AGO refused to approve reviews of sentences handed out to a rapist, a paedophile, and terrorist fundraiser. They all received shorter sentences than Connolly. Right…

Despite repeatedly saying the ECHR should be reformed and that “British leadership to strengthen and reform the international rules-based system is both the right thing to do and the only truly realistic choice,” Hermer is under more fire for the UK’s non-participation in a letter signed by nine signatory countries calling for changes to the ECHR. Unfortunately saying one thing and doing another is usually caught out…

Downing Street insiders tell Guido that Yvette Cooper and Shabana Mahmood in particular have a strong personal dislike for Hermer and his high-handed conduct inside government. The attorney-general may not survive another round of bruising stories…