'Nobody less suited for the job!' Robert Jenrick takes aim at Lord Hermer for being 'handpicked' by Keir Starmer: 'He doesn't like Britain'

Taking to social media, Jenrick posted a scathing video online to call out Hermer's past work as a human rights lawyer, highlighting how he represented "Gerry Adams, five terrorists linked to Al Qaeda, Shamima Begum and an Eritrean man who was here illegally who claimed to be 16, who was actually 26".

Criticising Lord Hermer's position as Attorney General, Jenrick told GB News: "Keir Starmer handpicked the Attorney General to sit around the cabinet table, the most senior legal officer in the Government, and he chose his old friend, Lord Hermer, someone who has built his entire career defending people who hate our country.

"This man is now in charge of the Government's legal department and of actually defending the Government, despite spending year after year fighting against the British Government. You couldn't think of somebody less suited for this job, somebody who is bringing the office of Attorney General into disrepute."

Hitting out at Keir Starmer, Jenrick said his decision to appoint Lord Hermer says something "very powerful" about who Starmer is as a leader.

Jenrick fumed: "The fact that Starmer appointed him says something very powerful about Starmer as a man. Starmer has chosen somebody who doesn't like our country to be its most senior legal officer.

"You've got two men whose careers have been built on defending people who actively hate our country."

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Asked by host Patrick Christys if he believes Britain is "safe" under the reign of Starmer and his Attorney General, Jenrick disagreed.

He stated: "No we're not safe, because you've got two men whose careers have been built on defending people who actively hate our country, and that speaks to the moral character of these people. They're not patriotic people, and they are now in charge of making the most important decisions for our country.

"And you see some of the decisions that they're taking, they've chosen to give away the Chagos Islands to an ally of China, and pay billions of pounds for the privilege. They've chosen to drop a winnable appeal in the High Court in Northern Ireland, which is now going to mean that we may well have to pay hundreds of millions of pounds in compensation to terrorist sympathisers and suspects, members of the IRA, for example."

He continued: "They've chosen to ditch the immunity that we had given to those who'd served in our armed forces during the period of the troubles. Brave men who are now in their 70s and 80s are going to spend the last days of their lives in court, fighting for their reputation and their freedom. These are the decisions that they are taking, and they are a reflection on their character and the careers that they've built in the law."

As Patrick argued that Lord Hermer's past representation of clients such as Gerry Adams and Shamima Begum "doesn't disqualify him from the job" as Attorney General, Jenrick claimed that Hermer was still "able to choose" who he represented.

Jenrick concluded: "Our criminal barristers often represent people who have committed or are accused of heinous crimes, and that doesn't reflect on the barrister who happens to be the one representing them in court, but that is total BS when it comes to Lord Hermer.

"He is one of the most successful human rights lawyers in our country, he was inundated with cases, and he got to choose who he represented."

He added: "And so when he represented Gerry Adams or Shamima Begum, it wasn't just that these were the next cases in the pile, and he was forced to represent them, these were positive choices by him, and they speak to him and the kinds of people that he was willing to represent."