Lord Hermer orders staff to stop using X over 'racism and misogyny'

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Lord Hermer has banned his staff from using social media platform X over "racism and misogyny".The Attorney General has barred his team from using Elon Musk's platform, claiming his department can "do better".His office's official X account was regularly posting until June 12.Asked why his department had stopped using it, Lord Hermer told the Commons Justice Committee: "I made that decision.

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I can understand why other departments feel they need to be on the pitch engaging with people but that is not where the Attorney General's Office needs to be.

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I think my department can do better than that."His comments may raise the eyebrows of Cabinet colleagues, many of whom use the platform every day.It is also frequently used by Sir Keir Starmer, despite a number of spats...

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