Eyebrows are hitting the ceiling over Attorney General Richard Hermer, with pressure piling on the PM to recuse him of involvement in public inquiries amid growing concerns of potential conflicts of interest. Guido gives co-conspirators some of Starmer’s top legal adviser’s more curious cases against the government in the past:
Meanwhile, Hermer also advised Labour on their boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) bill targeting Israel, whilst previously pushing for the International Court of Justice to consider whether Israel qualifies as an “apartheid state.” He’s also close pals with Starmer’s mate and Mauritius’ chief legal adviser Philippe Sands from their Matrix Chambers days. Not to mention he donated £5,000 towards Starmer’s leadership campaign…
Andy Haldane, Burnham’s recent adviser on the economy who has not taken up a No10 job, told Andrew Marr on LBC:
“The market now suspects that this is a traditional tax-and-spend socialist government with better TikTok videos…
imposing windfall taxes on oil & gas or on banks or upping capital gains tax would […] repeat the mistake that Rachel made […] The Achilles heel, the fiscal Achilles heel of this government thus far has been its unwillingness and/or inability to cut public spending.”