Lord Hermer has admitted his comment comparing Reform UK to the Nazis was “clumsy” but stopped short of apologising after being accused of a “disgusting smear”.

The Attorney General came under fire after claiming advocates for quitting the Strasbourg court were echoing similar sentiments to those made in 1930s Germany.

The controversy has sparked accusations that Lord Hermer made inappropriate historical comparisons in his remarks about those supporting withdrawal from European human rights jurisdiction.

Despite acknowledging his word choice was problematic, the Attorney General has refused to issue a full apology for the contentious remarks.

Responding to the outrage, a spokesman for the Attorney General told GB News: “The Attorney General gave a speech defending international law which underpins our security, protects against threats from aggressive states like Russia and helps tackle organised immigration crime.”

Lord Hermer had initially told attendees at a think tank event: “The claim that international law is fine as far as it goes, but can be put aside when the conditions change, is a claim that was made in the early 1930s by ‘realist’ jurists in Germany most notably Carl Schmitt, whose central thesis was in essence the claim that state power is all that counts, not law.”

He continued: “Because of the experience of what followed 1933, far-sighted individuals rebuilt and transformed the institutions of international law, as well as internal constitutional law.”

The remarks drew immediate criticism for drawing parallels between contemporary political positions and Nazi-era legal philosophy.

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