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  • I know I will receive howls of laughter for this from some, but I think Starmer is pretty far left of centre in personal idealogy. At least that's the impression I get from his pre politics legal opinions.

  • You got any examples of that? I mean, I know he spoke at pro-Palestine events before that was deemed unacceptable by the shriekers and he defended those in the McLibel trial, but he did an awful lot of seriously dodgy shit too, including trying to deport someone with learning difficulties for hacking into the Pentagon and being on-the-record furious when Theresa May (of all people!) overruled him.

  • including trying to deport someone with learning difficulties for hacking into the Pentagon

    Isn't this just more partisan bullshit though? Starmer ruled that there was no prospect of a trial in the UK for McKinnon due to lack of evidence and the fact that almost all of the witnesses were in the USA and the US were refusing to cooperate on classified evidence.. He did not rule that he should be deported he ruled that there was no prospect of a trial or conviction in the UK. The wording of the decision is available online if you want to read it.

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