Starmer and Badenoch faced off at Prime Minister’s Questions on February 12 about immigration after a judge ruled that a family from Gaza who ended up moving to the UK under a settlement scheme intended for displaced Ukrainians should not be removed by the Home Office.
Lady Chief Justice Baroness Sue Carr said there is a “mounting campaign of attacks on judges“, and took the unusual step of criticising top politicians for their outspoken comments on a particular case.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Tory leader Kemi Badenoch have been blasted by a top judge for “unacceptable“ comments in Parliament criticising a court ruling.
Baroness Carr also spoke to reporters about her fears for the safety of judges, in the face of a rising tide of online abuse and criticism of their decisions – sometimes based on partial or inaccurate media reporting.
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday morning, the Lady Chief Justice revealed she has written to Mr Starmer and Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood to criticise the public challenge to the the judge’s decision.
