Keir Stamer under pressure to sack Attorney General over role in giving Chagos Islands to Mauritius

SIR Keir Stamer was past nighttime facing demands to sack his Attorney General implicit his relation successful the woody to springiness the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

Reform brag Nigel Farage accused Lord Hermer KC of hating “our state and our history”.

In podcasts recorded earlier helium joined the Government, left-wing lawyer Hermer said that each acquisition caput should beryllium forced to work astir unit successful the British Empire erstwhile taking office.

Mr Farage said: “Lord Hermer hates our past and our country.

"His relation successful the betrayal of our nationalist involvement implicit the Chagos Islands is unforgivable.

"Starmer should occurrence him.”

Yesterday it emerged the PM’s assertion that his giveaway of the islands was for nationalist information reasons had archetypal been devised by 1 of his lawyer pals.

The statement astir a menace to captious telecommunications connected the island was archetypal made by Philippe Sands KC successful 2023.

It was besides reported that Sands, an planetary lawyer, entered the disputed territory successful 2022 without UK permission.

And helium adjacent joined Mauritius officials to rise their nationalist emblem connected the islands.

Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel said: “Keir Starmer is much acrophobic with playing the humans close lawyer connected the North London meal enactment circuit than lasting up for Britain.”