Jenrick and Philp put UK judges’ ‘lives at risk’ with attacks on integrity, former extremism tsar says

Lord Walney: senior Tories deeply wrong' for suggesting judges are ideologically driven when enforcing the law

The shadow cabinet ministers Robert Jenrick and Chris Philp are putting judges' lives at risk" by launching ill-chosen" attacks on their integrity, the outgoing extremism tsar has said.

Lord Walney, who until last week was the Conservative-appointed watchdog on political violence, said the senior Tories were deeply wrong" for indicating that judges were ideologically driven when enforcing the law.