Labour peer calls for ‘arrogant’ attorney general to be sacked Blue Labour founder Maurice Glasman also calls Richard Hermer a ‘progressive fool’ in New Statesman interview.
An influential Labour peer has branded the attorney general Richard Hermer an “arrogant, progressive fool” and called for him to be sacked, exposing a split at the heart of Keir Starmer’s government.
A parliamentary Blue Labour caucus has been launched amid fears among Labour MPs about the rising popularity of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, which is neck-and-neck with Labour and the Conservatives in opinion polls.
Glasman, who launched Blue Labour in 2009 as an antidote to New Labour, was the only party figure to attend Trump’s presidential inauguration last month.
Maurice Glasman, founder of the Blue Labour group that has risen in prominence since Donald Trump’s victory in the US election, urged the prime minister to replace his attorney general.
