Quentin Letts of Westminster: fear of Lord Hermer the bogey man is rampant in Whitehall, and the ministers are terrified

When I was little, my older brother, God bless his memory, could make me deceive me. All he had to do was whisper ‘Bogey man comes to look for you!’

Six years old, I was convinced of this spooky presence. It could not be seen, but it could certainly be felt. His mere thought was paralyzed.

The same can be said of Lord Hermer Kc, who is still the attorney general despite a biff of Loe of his co -worker Lord Glasman, who has asked the ‘arrogant and progressive fool’ to give him the put he .

Lord Hermer does not sit in the common goods (statements of interest, conveniently, are less burdensome in the House of Lords, but the mere thought of Hermer’s legalism yesterday put the two ministers in the Office of Office of the Commons.

Luke Pollard, Minister of Defense, was asked about the trial of a coroner in Belfast last week that could cause all kinds of infernal complications for soldiers who fought against anger.

“It’s hard for me to comment on that because he is subject to legal matters in progress,” Mr. Pollard ended.

The speaker Hoyle told him not to be so weak, but that Mr. Pollard put a face and, metaphorically, wet his short pants. If I commented in a legal case, the Bogey man could get it!

Moments later, Michael Shanks, a parliamentary deputy secretary of Energy, was asked what he thought about the extraction of oil and gas in the North Sea. Shanks trembled that he had to observe his words because he didn’t want to get into trouble with lawyers (one in particular, maybe).

Attorney General Lord Hermer Kc, who is still in position despite a nozzle biff of his co -worker Lord Glasman’s teeth

Lord Hermer’s subordinates have fueled through Whitehall, stressing that the rule of law is everything, writes Quentin Letts

President Hoyle expressed surprise again when choosing a minister, quite unnecessarily, in the opinion of Mr. President, to silence before the parliamentary opening.

He asked Mr. Shanks to be explained. The poor offspring returned the color of a portion of Pride Home Pride and had been told not to step on those areas.

The Bogey man was not named, but we could all guess what was behind this. Lord Hermer’s subordinates have fueled through Whitehall, stressing that the rule of law is everything. The Starmer’s government has constipated.

The silence of Northern Ireland was particularly rum. The ministers passed through champions of the Armed Forces. One of them, the colonel to Carns DSO, had previously come high and holy, accusing Tory Mark Francois in “scoring political points on the back of the families of the Armed Forces.”

Tall Col Carns is directly from a Commando comic: a granite carved neck, with the hands of the size of the land mines, a voice of Husky’s intention.

Everything that says, even if (as yesterday) it is breakfast clubs with veterans, sounds like a battle order. ‘Boys, let’s get those slippery fried eggs. Taffy, you deal with bacon. Smudger, baked beans. It is a dirty job, boy, but someone has to do it. Go! See! See! ‘

That is the normal tone of Col Carns. It is a bit ham and perhaps it is not the brightest, but the parliamentary responses with ‘so’ begins and shakes those land mines in the air and when it squeezes the jaw, you can hear the sound of the shore of the ball that is Molen to dust. Quite a macho man.

Sir David Davis (in the photo) said that the forensic failure could lead to a ‘vindictive and vindictive search for men whose only sin was to serve his country with honor, heroism and ability’

He swore faith in the ‘Pact of the Armed Forces, growled by’ surrounding care ‘for veterans and proudly used the word’ holistic ‘(do you see what I want to say about its brightness levels?).

But faced by Hermer Munchkins here were the defense ministers in Puddles of Fear.

Sir David Davis (with, Goole) said that the Forensic failure could lead to a “vindictive and vindictive search for men whose only sin was to serve his country with honor, heroism and ability.”

Jim Shannon (DUP, Strangford) said that the murderers of the IRA now found victims for the coroner were ‘terrorist slag’.

Col Carns and his fellow ministers seemed a bit with pop eyes. Mr. Pollard insisted on “we in the Government Banks shared the same passion that veterans should obtain all the support they need.” While Lord Hermer is in the government, is it true?