UK Lord Hermer’s Blind Eye to two-tier justice Deepens Public Distrust

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Lord Hermer, the Attorney General, has once again landed himself in hot water with a deeply out-of-touch response to concerns about unequal treatment under the British justice system. Speaking to the BBC this week, Hermer dismissed the notion of “two-tier justice”—the belief that ethnic minorities are treated more favourably than the white working class—as “frankly disgusting” and “offensive” to police, prosecutors, and courts. According to him, politicians “need to get behind” the justice system rather than “seek to undermine it.”

 

Such a sweeping dismissal only serves to reinforce the public’s belief that their legitimate concerns are being ignored. The perception of unfairness has grown especially strong since the government’s heavy-handed response to last summer’s Southport unrest. Hermer appears blind to the widespread anger and frustration over what many see as stark disparities in how the state handles civil unrest depending on the community involved.

 

In defending the apparent inconsistency, Hermer attempted to draw a distinction between the Southport unrest, where officers were attacked, and London’s Gaza marches, which he claimed were “not producing violence” despite being “awash with anti-Semitism.” But his argument completely misses the point. No one is suggesting violent offenders should escape justice. The real issue lies in how the state appears far more aggressive in confronting unrest in white working-class areas than in others.

 

Just weeks before Southport erupted, the streets of Harehills, Leeds, saw a police car overturned and a bus set ablaze. Rather than confront the violence, officers reportedly retreated. And while Southport saw swift and aggressive policing, other groups appeared to operate with near impunity. In Birmingham on August 5, armed Muslim mobs took to the streets, ostensibly to “protect their communities.” The result? A pub was attacked, and a man outside suffered a lacerated liver. Yet these incidents did not trigger the same zero-tolerance approach.

 

What has most inflamed public outrage, however, is the crackdown on online speech. One of the most notable cases is that of Lucy Connolly, who was sentenced to 31 months in prison for a single, nasty tweet posted on the night of the Southport murders—a message she deleted soon after. As revealed by the Telegraph, Lord Hermer personally approved her prosecution for stirring up racial hatred, even though he had the constitutional authority to withhold consent. At the same time, he declined to review lenient sentences for grooming gang members, raising questions about his priorities. Former Attorney General Suella Braverman has stated that she would not have brought the charge against Connolly.

 

“We don’t have a two-tiered justice system,” Hermer insisted. “We have an independent justice system.” But that claim rings hollow to many. Prime Ministerial hopeful Sir Keir Starmer himself politicised the matter by branding those involved in the Southport unrest as “far-Right thugs” from outside the area. Arrest data and a recent report from the police inspectorate have since cast doubt on that assertion.

 

Hermer and other officials also targeted online speech, asserting that it had played a central role in inciting the violence. “You cannot hide behind your keyboard,” Hermer declared. Yet many locals were already enraged by the brutal murders of three children, without any prompting from social media.

For Connolly, the state’s heavy-handedness continues. She has been denied temporary release to care for her daughter and her ailing husband—privileges that even convicted murderers have received. “Their intention was always to hammer me,” she told the Telegraph earlier this year. She now alleges cruel treatment behind bars.

 

If Lord Hermer truly believes it's “disgusting” to view such treatment as unfair, he is dangerously out of touch. The public is not convinced by blanket denials of injustice. In fact, as awareness of cases like Connolly’s grows, so does the belief that the system is rigged. A recent YouGov poll shows public confidence in the judiciary at an all-time low, with a four percent rise in those expressing “no confidence at all” since last June. Dismissing these concerns will only deepen the divide.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from The Telegraph  2025-06-30

 

 

[JonnyF]

11 hours ago, Social Media said:

Speaking to the BBC this week, Hermer dismissed the notion of “two-tier justice”—the belief that ethnic minorities are treated more favourably than the white working class—as “frankly disgusting” and “offensive” to police, prosecutors, and courts.

 

Stop gaslighting.

 

Nobody believes you.

 

We've seen it many times. And we cannot unsee it.

 

So save your breath for cooling your pies.  

[Watawattana]

This guy has defended relatives of the "ISIS Beatles", tried to get Shamima Begum back into the UK, represented a Guantánamo Bay detainee, argued against terrorist deportations, represented terrorists, and many more similar activities.  It's little surprise he backed a 2-tier system, and that he'll defend it to the hilt.  

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_(terrorist_cell)

 

To be balanced, he also represented Grenfell victims.