Judges
Reform human rights to save human rights
The European Convention of Human Rights is developed and interpreted as times change; but is there a democratic imbalance when only lawyers and judges can do this? Particularly where the… Continue reading
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Stop blaming judges, Ms May, and repeal the Human Rights Act
The latest session in May versus Judges over foreign criminals’ right to family life (Article 8 of the European Convention) is running as prescribed. Theresa May used the Sunday papers to demand that judges follow… Continue reading
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‘The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers’
Given that David Cameron, rightly, seems to believe Lord Leveson’s recommendations are a crock of shit, what was the point of the inquiry in the first place? To show that… Continue reading
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Margaret Moran: an MP too depressed for prison
Are you happy that the former Labour MP Margaret Moran, who swindled more than £50,000 from the taxpayer in rogue expenses, will escape a custodial sentence because she is ‘depressed’?… Continue reading
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Abu Qatada and the problem of freedom-stomping friends - Spectator Blogs
And so, once again, the judges are in the dock for insisting that due process be followed even when, as in the case of Abu Qatada, it is inconvenient to… Continue reading
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Libor: the truth is out there
Is parliament good for anything? This is, in effect, the question behind the coming Libor investigation. Ed Miliband’s assumption that to get any questions answered you need a judge-led inquiry… Continue reading
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The View from 22 — chancellor on the charge
Did those around Gordon Brown create the conditions for the Libor fixing scandal? According to George Osborne, the answer is yes. In his cover feature this week, James Forsyth speaks… Continue reading
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Theresa May and the right to family life
Theresa May has been in the news recently, as she introduces plans to stop spouses coming to Britain unless they have savings of £18,000 and an additional £2,400 for each… Continue reading
23 CommentsPickles rebuffs calls for new taxes
Anyone looking for a good blast of common sense on a Saturday morning should read Eric Pickles’ interview in the Telegraph. In it, he responds to much of the kite-flying by… Continue reading
30 CommentsCameron needs to move fast to regain the initiative
Westminster is rife this afternoon with rumours that there’ll soon be a high-profile arrest in the phone hacking case. For David Cameron, this issue is going to remain incredibly difficult… Continue reading
37 CommentsSchooling the judges
The judges are judging the judges, or at least judging by the cover of this morning’s Times (£) they are. "Radical reform of the selection of judges," some leading figures… Continue reading
19 CommentsYou couldn’t make it up: Crook freed from jail to look after his five kids
Sometimes I wonder if the judiciary and the human rights culture are just trying to make Richard Littlejohn’s columns look understated. Today’s story in the Daily Mail about how a… Continue reading
47 CommentsThe government has a problem with lawyers
The government’s strained relationship with the Civil Service is a recurring story at the moment. Much of the disquiet seems to be the normal tit for tat exchanges immortalised in… Continue reading
11 CommentsParliamentary privilege must be protected from over-mighty judges
Sometimes, one does really wonder about the British judiciary. Its decision to issue injunctions which bar people from talking to their MPs about an issue, as revealed in The Times… Continue reading
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