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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Christopher McKeon

Lord Hermer ‘regrets’ comparing Reform and Tories’ policy to Nazi Germany

The attorney general has expressed regret over his remarks comparing calls for the UK to withdraw from international courts to 1930s Germany.

In a statement, Lord Richard Hermer’s spokesperson said that he acknowledged his “choice of words was clumsy” and “regrets” them, but rejected “the characterisation of his speech by the Conservatives”.

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