Two-Tier Justice Claims Are ‘Disgusting’ – Guido Fawkes

Hermer: Two-Tier Justice Claims Are ‘Disgusting’

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The BBC’s documentary titled Starmer’s Stormy Year aired today, reeling off the list of scandals and U-turns in the last year. Happy anniversary…

Starmer’s chum attorney general Richard Hermer gave an interview in the documentary. He used his airtime to launch an attack on claims of two-tier justice – examples of which Guido has dutifully followed – are “disgusting“:

“I think it’s offensive to our police. It’s offensive to our crown prosecutors who are trying to apply the law in the best faith. It is offensive to the courts, where independent judges are applying the law to reach the right sentences. We have one justice system. It’s frankly disgusting.”

He went on to parrot his usual professorial gush about international law, reiterating that it is at the “heart” of everything Starmer does:

“Is international law important to this government and to this prime minister? Of course it is. It’s important in and of itself, but it’s also important because it goes absolutely to the heart of what we’re trying to achieve. The government is completely united on this, that actually by ensuring that we are complying with all forms of law — domestic law and international law — we serve the national interest.”

He then tried rebrand himself amid mounting criticism, claiming to be “actually a progressive”:

“The attacks on me are based on the fact that I represented some clients – obviously over 30 years, I represented thousands of clients. But the attacks are [that] I represented some individuals with reprehensible political views. It’s a bit like attacking a journalist for the person that they’re interviewing or a doctor for the nature of their patient. Frankly, it tickles most of my family and friends that I’m being portrayed as some huge lefty, because that’s not who I am. I’m progressive, and I’m deeply pragmatic in my politics.”

Robert Jenrick’s helpful video explaining the cab-rank rule might beg to differ on that….