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GB News members were asked whether they think Lord Hermer's apology over the ECHR Nazi jibe is enough
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GB News members do not believe Lord Hermer's apology over his ECHR Nazi jibe is enough, a new poll has revealed.
A staggering 98 per cent of the 1,264 respondents voted no when asked if Lord Hermer's apology was enough, with just two per cent thinking it is time to move on from the Attorney General's outburst.
The Attorney General came under fire after claiming advocates for quitting the Strasbourg court were echoing similar sentiments to those made in 1930s Germany.
The controversy has sparked accusations that Lord Hermer made inappropriate historical comparisons in his remarks about those supporting withdrawal from European human rights jurisdiction.
Despite acknowledging his word choice was problematic, the Attorney General has refused to issue a full apology for the contentious remarks.
Responding to the outrage, a spokesman for the Attorney General told GB News: "The Attorney General gave a speech defending international law which underpins our security, protects against threats from aggressive states like Russia and helps tackle organised immigration crime."
Lord Hermer had initially told attendees at a think tank event: "The claim that international law is fine as far as it goes, but can be put aside when the conditions change, is a claim that was made in the early 1930s by 'realist' jurists in Germany most notably Carl Schmitt, whose central thesis was in essence the claim that state power is all that counts, not law."
He continued: "Because of the experience of what followed 1933, far-sighted individuals rebuilt and transformed the institutions of international law, as well as internal constitutional law."
The remarks drew immediate criticism for drawing parallels between contemporary political positions and Nazi-era legal philosophy.
A whopping 97 per cent of GB News members who voted in the poll do not think Lord Hermer's apology over the ECHR Nazi jibe was enough, while just three per cent think it was enough.
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