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"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas"
An argument about Assisting Dying
The illiberalism yet to come: two things not to do, and one thing to do
A postcard from the day after an election
A postcard from the day of an election
"...as a matter of law, the house is haunted"
Prisons and prisons-of-the-mind
A blow against the "alternative remedies" excuse
What explains the timing and manner of the Chagos Islands sovereignty deal?
Words on the screen - the rise and (relative) fall of text-based social media
Political accountability vs policy accountability
On writing - and not writing - about miscarriages of justice
Link to Campbell court of appeal case
Miscarriages of Justice: the Oliver Campbell case
How Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Harris and Walz is a masterpiece of persuasive prose
Supporting Donald Trump is too much for Richard Cheney
A miscarriage of justice is normally a systems failure, and not because of any conspiracy
Shamima Begum - and 'de jure' vs 'de facto' statelessness
Lucy Letby and miscarriages of justice: some words of caution
This week's skirmish between the European Commission and X
What Elon Musk perhaps gets wrong about civil wars being 'inevitable'
How the criminal justice system deals with a riot
New: the Lucy Letby trial ruling on the submission of 'no case to answer'
The Lucy Letby case: some thoughts and observations
What if a parliamentary candidate did not exist?
How the Met police may be erring in its political insider betting investigation
What you need to know about commercial regulation - in the sports sector and elsewhere
Seven changes for a better constitution?
The public service of an "Enemy of the People"
Of majorities and "super-majorities"
The strange omission in the Conservative manifesto
The predicted governing party implosion in historical and constitutional context
The unwelcome weaponisation of police complaints as part of ordinary politics
Thoughts on the calling of a general election
Another inquiry report, another massive public policy failure revealed
On how regulating the media is hard - if not impossible
Law and lore, and state failure
How the civil justice system forced Hugh Grant to settle
The foreign court on Parliament Square
Unpacking the remarkable witness statement of Johnny Mercer
The curious incident of the Afghanistan war crimes statutory inquiry being set up
A close look at the Donelan libel settlement
A close look at the law and policy of holding a Northern Ireland border poll
How the government is seeking to change the law on Rwanda so as to disregard the facts
How the next general election in the United Kingdom is now less than a year away
Ireland applies to challenge United Kingdom primary legislation
Could the Post Office sue its own former directors and advisers regarding the Horizon scandal?
Is there a workable alternative to a Prime Minister picking the date of the general election?