Listen up, you spineless, virtue-signalling Westminster reptiles.
While brave British soldiers were out in the dust and danger of Iraq,
risking life and limb for this country, two ambitious human rights
lawyers back home were busy sharpening their knives. One of them is now
our Prime Minister. The other is his Attorney General. And together,
Keir Starmer and Richard Hermer helped unleash one of the most
disgusting witch-hunts against our own veterans this nation has ever
seen.
Let’s call it what it is: betrayal dressed up as “justice.”
Back in 2007, Starmer didn’t just dip his toe in. He worked for free
— oh yes, the noble warrior insisted on doing it pro bono — alongside
his mate Richard Hermer and the now-disgraced Phil Shiner. They pushed a
landmark legal case that extended European human rights law into active
war zones. The result? Hundreds of British troops dragged through years
of investigations, interrogations, and public smears over alleged war
crimes.
One soldier in particular — Sgt Richie Catterall — had already been cleared twice
of murder. Twice. But that wasn’t good enough for Starmer and Hermer.
They personally urged the courts to order yet another inquiry, sneering
that the previous military investigations were “perfunctory” and “wholly
inadequate.” They got their wish. The man was hounded for another 13
years. His life was wrecked. He became suicidal. All based on claims
that later collapsed.
But here’s where it gets truly sickening.
Recent revelations show that Richard Hermer knew — or was explicitly warned — that many of the allegations against our troops were lies.
Deliberate, fabricated, bogus Iraqi claims. Emails and documents now in
the public domain prove he was alerted to inconsistencies, to witnesses
who couldn’t keep their stories straight, to evidence that stank of
fabrication. Yet he ploughed on anyway. He backed the claims. He helped
publicise them. He pursued compensation and fresh inquiries against
decorated British soldiers.
This wasn’t ignorance. This was ideological fanaticism. Human rights
lawyer syndrome at its most poisonous — where foreign accusers are
automatically believed, and our own fighting men are presumed guilty
until proven innocent a dozen times over.
And who was right there with him? Keir Starmer. The man who now
stands in Downing Street pretending to “support our troops.” The same
man who, as soon as he got into power, moved to scrap protections for
Northern Ireland veterans — opening the door once again to vexatious
prosecutions against elderly ex-soldiers who served during the Troubles.
While IRA terrorists walk free or get comfortable pensions, our boys
face the prospect of being hauled into court in their 70s and 80s.
This is two-tier justice in its purest, most revolting form.
One rule for the terrorists and foreign claimants who hate Britain.
Another rule for the men who wore the uniform and actually defended this
country.
Starmer and Hermer didn’t just enable this. They were architects of
it. They built their glittering careers on the back of smearing British
soldiers. Starmer’s “pro bono” work wasn’t charity — it was career
advancement. Hermer’s dogged pursuit of dodgy claims wasn’t principled —
it was reckless and, in light of the warnings he received, borderline
contemptible.
Now Hermer sits as Attorney General, the government’s top legal
advisor. The man who knew the al-Sweady claims and similar accusations
were built on sand still has the power to direct prosecutions. Think
about that. The same bloke who helped hound innocent veterans is now in
charge of deciding who gets pursued by the state.
This isn’t oversight. This is a national disgrace.
Our soldiers didn’t sign up to fight under rules that treat every
split-second battlefield decision like a Sunday afternoon courtroom
debate. They didn’t risk everything so that ambulance-chasing lawyers
and ideologues could turn war into a human rights lawsuit factory.
The message Starmer and Hermer have sent to every serving member of
our Armed Forces is crystal clear: we don’t have your back. We’ll throw
you to the wolves the moment it suits our international lawyer friends
or our desire to look “ethical” on the world stage.
To every veteran who was dragged through hell because of these
people: you deserved better. You deserved leaders who understood that
fighting wars isn’t the same as filing paperwork in The Hague. You
deserved gratitude, not suspicion.
To Starmer and Hermer: history will record you as the pair who chose
activist lawfare over loyalty to the men who kept this country safe. You
didn’t serve Britain. You served your own egos and your precious human
rights ideology.
And the British public are waking up to it.
Enough is enough. Protect our veterans. Stop the witch-hunts. Sack the ideologues who treat our soldiers as the villains.
Britain’s fighting men and women deserve leaders who put them first —
not lawyers who put foreign complaints and European courts first.
The shame belongs to Starmer and Hermer. The debt of gratitude belongs to the soldiers they tried to break.
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
