Public figures sign letter calling on UK government to take ‘principled stand’ for torture victims at Europe summit

The actors Michael Palin, Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley are among 21 well known figures calling on Keir Starmer to drop plans to change human rights law and instead “take a principled stand” for torture victims on the eve of a crucial European summit.

As David Lammy prepares to attend a Council of Europe meeting in Strasbourg that will discuss legal changes to stop bogus asylum claims, the novelist Julian Barnes, the actor Adrian Lester and the comedian Aisling Bea have also signed a letter telling the prime minister: “Any attempt at undermining universal protections is an affront to us all and a threat to the security of each and every one of us.”

Public figures sign letter calling on UK government to take ‘principled stand’ for torture victims at Europe summit

The actors Michael Palin, Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley are among 21 well known figures calling on Keir Starmer to drop plans to change human rights law and instead “take a principled stand” for torture victims on the eve of a crucial European summit.

As David Lammy prepares to attend a Council of Europe meeting in Strasbourg that will discuss legal changes to stop bogus asylum claims, the novelist Julian Barnes, the actor Adrian Lester and the comedian Aisling Bea have also signed a letter telling the prime minister: “Any attempt at undermining universal protections is an affront to us all and a threat to the security of each and every one of us.”

Public figures sign letter calling on UK government to take ‘principled stand’ for torture victims at Europe summit

The actors Michael Palin, Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley are among 21 well known figures calling on Keir Starmer to drop plans to change human rights law and instead “take a principled stand” for torture victims on the eve of a crucial European summit.

As David Lammy prepares to attend a Council of Europe meeting in Strasbourg that will discuss legal changes to stop bogus asylum claims, the novelist Julian Barnes, the actor Adrian Lester and the comedian Aisling Bea have also signed a letter telling the prime minister: “Any attempt at undermining universal protections is an affront to us all and a threat to the security of each and every one of us.”