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Keir Starmer urged to defend lawyers after Tories’ ‘targeted campaign’ (www.theguardian.com)
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Liberals ushering in fascism. Again.

"Martin Forde KC, the senior lawyer commissioned by Starmer to investigate the Labour party’s culture, said legal professionals from across the political spectrum had expressed their bewilderment that the Labour leader had not said anything after such personal attacks, even after former Conservative law officers criticised the political rhetoric aimed at “lefty lawyers” on Friday.

"Jacqueline McKenzie has received a torrent of abuse since CCHQ circulated a dossier last week. She told the Guardian people had threatened to drown her “like an asylum seeker” and leave corpses at her property.

"The dossier prompted Nick Vineall KC, the chair of the Bar Council, and Lubna Shuja, the president of the Law Society, to make a rare joint statement condemning the Tories’ behaviour in sending out the document titled “Revealed: senior Labour adviser is lefty lawyer blocking Rwanda deportations”."

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

You're a very good bot but this summary jumps between sources a bit confusingly. The penultimate paragraph is a quote from Jacqueline McKenzie, the targeted lawyer, sandwiched between two quotes from Martin Forde.

But you are a very good bot and I'm only trying to help you be an even better bot, should you wish to expand your horizons.