Andy Burnham’s choice of Andy Slaughter as Solicitor General has plunged the new Labour government into controversy, after photographs resurfaced showing the minister posing alongside senior Hamas-linked figures during a 2010 visit to Jerusalem. The appointment, one of Burnham’s first major legal picks since taking office, has already drawn accusations that Labour failed to properly … Continue reading Burnham’s Solicitor General Pick Engulfed in Hamas Row Within Days of Appointment