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Jun 25, 2023
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The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
Nov 12, 2025
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A close look at Truss's legal threat to Starmer
Jan 9, 2025
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"Computer says guilty" - an introduction to the evidential presumption that computers are operating correctly
Sep 30, 2023
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How Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Harris and Walz is a masterpiece of persuasive prose
Sep 11, 2024
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The constitutional significance of what happened to the Prime Minister last week
Members of parliament moved for a parliamentary committee to decide what is prejudicial to national security instead of the government
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On the disclosure of Mandelson's emails
How to think about disclosed documentary evidence
Feb 3
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Why Rwanda is bringing a legal challenge against the United Kingdom
The claim is that the United Kingdom failed to terminate the agreement in time
Jan 28
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Thinking about what has happened in Minnesota
What the horrific events of the last few weeks may tell us
Jan 27
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My posts this week
Another busy week for law and policy commentators.
Jan 24
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When the United Kingdom annexed a north Atlantic island
The 1955 story of what has been described as the last expansion of the British Empire.
Jan 22
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“…neither rhyme nor reason.”
We are currently in a situation where precedents and norms and and laws and rules and theories offer no assistance.
Jan 20
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Trump v BBC - a guide to the case
This resource page sets out the key developments in the case with links, and it will be updated from time-to-time
Jan 13
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Notes on gangster states
Why legitimacy matters when the state has a monopoly on coercive and lethal force.
Jan 12
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