Populist threat to rule of law a danger to UK working class, says attorney general

<p>Richard Hermer aims criticism at Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick at Labour conference event</p><p>Rightwing populists threaten working-class people’s protections under the rule of law, the attorney general has said in his most political intervention yet.</p><p>In a criticism directed squarely at Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick, Richard Hermer said populist politicians posed a threat to the everyday protectionsafforded to people who used the legal system and the courts to right significant wrongs.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/28/labour-richard-hermer-attorney-general-populist-danger-rule-of-law-uk-working-class">Continue reading...</a>