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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason

‘An activist blob’: Tory party attacks on lawyers – a timeline

Boris Johnson and Priti Patel at the 2019 Conservative party conference in Manchester.
Boris Johnson and Priti Patel at the 2019 Conservative party conference in Manchester. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty

Conservative attacks on “lefty lawyers” blamed for frustrating the government’s immigration policy date back to the era of Boris Johnson’s government, with Priti Patel as home secretary. However, Rishi Sunak and his senior colleagues have not shied away from this language either.

Here’s how Tory criticisms of legal professionals have developed over the past three years.

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