Laurie Wastell

3 days ago | spectator.com.au | Laurie Wastell

Was the prosecution of Lucy Connolly in the public interest? That is the question now being asked of the embattled Attorney General, Richard Hermer, following my story in the Sunday Telegraph that Hermer approved the charge of stirring up racial hatred against the mother and childminder last summer, over a hastily deleted tweet on the night of the Southport attack.

3 days ago | spectator.co.uk | Laurie Wastell

Was the prosecution of Lucy Connolly in the public interest? That is the question now being asked of the embattled Attorney General, Richard Hermer, following my story in the Sunday Telegraph that Hermer approved the charge of stirring up racial hatred against the mother and childminder last summer, over a hastily deleted tweet on the night of the Southport attack. ‘Lord Hermer of Chagos’ has faced further questions over his political judgement and yet more calls for him to be sacked.

6 days ago | dailysceptic.org | Laurie Wastell

The way the state went after anyone even tangentially involved in the unrest that followed the Southport murders last year was deeply political, as the Daily Sceptic has been reporting since last year. The most high-profile casualty of this crackdown is Lucy Connolly, mother and childminder and wife of a Conservative councillor, for whose swiftly deleted tweet on the night of the murders she is currently serving a 31-month prison sentence.

1 week ago | msn.com | Jacob Freedland |Laurie Wastell

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1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Jacob Freedland |Laurie Wastell

On Saturday night, Kemi Badenoch, the Tory leader, called on Sir Keir Starmer to sack his legal chief, saying: "His judgment is a national embarrassment. After Southport, facts were buried while ministers ranted about far-Right thugs. "Starmer should sack Hermer, or admit he's not really in charge.