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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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[–] Mrkawfee@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This guy won't say anything if it risks irking the reactionary xenophobes. Completely spineless. This country can't undo the damage caused by the Tories if Labour are too nervous to call them out on their bullshit.