Pick-and-mix approach to international law will make UK less secure, says attorney general

Richard Hermer said failing to follow international law would make the UK less prosperous. Photograph: Victoria Jones/Rex/Shutterstock

The UK faces “disintegration” and will become “less prosperous and secure” if it takes a pick-and-mix approach to international law, the attorney general has said.

In a speech on Thursday, Richard Hermer launched a defence of international law and multilateral frameworks that he said “have kept us safe since 1945”.