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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Christopher McKeon

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Attorney general regrets comparing calls to leave echr with 1930s germany 8c4329ac ec9f 4400 8bcf 6fd3b28880bb | History Defined

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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