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Keir Starmer’s resignation speech: anatomy of a picture

What can we learn from the prime minister’s address in Downing Street and the people looking on? By Ben Quinn Photograph Sean Smith

The Guardian - UK

Nothing sensible ‘off the table’ to tackle Channel crossings – Attorney General

Lord Hermer said that in dealing with small boats ‘nothing sensible or practical or effective will be off the table’.

Evening Standard

Labour minister backs down after comparing Reform and parts of media to Nazis

A LABOUR minister and close ally of Keir Starmer has drawn a parallel between calls to ignore international law from within both Westminster and the…

The National (Scotland)

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Attorney General compares Reform and Tories’ policy to actions of Nazi Germany

Lord Hermer remarked claims that international law can be ‘put aside’ were made in the early 1930s in Germany

The Independent UK

Attorney General regrets 'clumsy' language on 1930s Germany as 'Nazi' row grows with Tories and Reform on ECHR

Shadow paymaster general Richard Holden said Lord Hermer’s isn’t ‘fit to be our Attorney General’

Evening Standard

Attorney General compares calls to leave international courts with Nazi Germany

Lord Hermer used a speech in London on Thursday to say that claims that international law can be ‘put aside’ were made in the early 1930s in Germany.

The Independent UK

Misinformation being ‘whipped up’ over immigration cases – Attorney General

Lord Hermer, however, said it was ‘entirely right’ for the Home Secretary to conduct a review on the use of Article 8 in migration cases in the UK.

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Prime Minister has confidence in Attorney General, Downing Street says

Questions have been raised in recent weeks about Attorney General Lord Richard Hermer KC’s previous work.

Evening Standard

Jenrick asks top civil servant to investigate Attorney General

Conservative shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick has written to Cabinet Secretary Sir Chris Wormald.

Evening Standard

Crown prince lobbied Cameron over Saudi dissident, documents reveal

Exclusive: Records obtained via FoI request relate to critic of Saudi royal family living in UK under asylum protection

The Guardian - UK

Does Starmer believe in anything, people ask, and now we know: his credo is the rule of law

Rwanda, the Chagos Islands, arms to Israel – all fit a pattern. Look to the speech his attorney general made this week; all the clues are there, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Celebrities add voices to outcry over severity of Just Stop Oil sentences

Chris Packham calls for meeting with attorney general as prominent figures condemn long jail terms for M25 activists

The Guardian - UK

David Lammy calls for ceasefire as pressure mounts to ban arms exports to Israel

THE Foreign Secretary has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as pressure mounts on the UK Government to end arms exports to Israel.

The National (Scotland)

UK under pressure to ban Israel arms exports after top Labour minister's comments

THE UK Government is facing fresh pressure to ban weapons exports to Israel after Keir Starmer’s own top legal adviser said the country is…

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The Guardian - UK

‘Never distracted by politics’: Richard Hermer’s surprise appointment as attorney general

The human rights lawyer and Israel critic leads with compassion, say supporters

Evening Standard

London MP Emily Thornberry ‘sorry and surprised’ not to be given senior Government post

The former shadow frontbencher was one of the few members of Labour’s top team not to receive her equivalent role in Government.

The Independent UK

Emily Thornberry outburst after being snubbed for cabinet role by Keir Starmer

The former shadow attorney general was one of the few members of Labour’s top team not to receive her equivalent role in Government

The Guardian - UK

Familiar faces but not all from politics: meet the surprise Labour ministers

Keir Starmer made some eye-catching new appointments, including a human rights barrister and a rehabilitation campaigner

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The Guardian - UK

Starmer installs non-political ministers in ‘government of all the talents’

Covid adviser Patrick Vallance and businessman James Timpson among appointments from outside Westminster

The Independent UK

Gerry Adams waits for ruling in High Court fight with mainland bomb victims

John Clark, Jonathan Ganesh and Barry Laycock have sued the former Sinn Fein president and the Provisional IRA and want nominal damages.

The Independent UK

Gerry Adams ‘trying to stop any attempt to establish links to Provisional IRA’

Three mainline bombing victims have sued the former Sinn Fein president and the Provisional IRA for ‘nominal’ damages.

The Guardian - UK

SAS had ‘gone too far’ in Afghanistan, inquiry into claims of unlawful killings told

Memo by military police chief said there was ‘no shortage of detractors’ in Whitehall of elite unit’s conduct

The Guardian - UK

SAS shot dead two sleeping Afghans in war crime, public inquiry told

Two children were seriously injured in 2012 incident, inquiry into 80 deaths hears

The Independent UK

Special forces conducted campaign of murder against Afghan civilians, probe told

Afghan families believe their efforts to seek the truth have been hampered by the Ministry of Defence’s ‘culture of secrecy’.

The Independent UK

Judge approves £150 million settlement of Grenfell compensation claims

Lawyers outlined the detail of a ‘global’ settlement of about 900 cases at a High Court hearing in London on Tuesday.

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