Patrick Lawrence
Patrick Lawrence QC practices commercial and public law
Error of judgement
How the Supreme Court got an issue of great constitutional importance so wrong
Turning the tables on coercion?
Lord Walney’s report on political extremism is valuable if flawed
The love that can’t be erased
A recent court case exposed the surrogacy industry’s big lie
Having a bad Bey
If you’re going to jettison the essence of the song, why even bother?
Populism on the march
As populism advances on both sides of the channel, we ask if it can make the shift from insurgent movement to governing project
The Labour voter blues
At least forty per cent of Starmer’s voters are social conservatives. Will he take them with him, or leave them behind?
The poverty of “Singapore-on-Thames”
Britain can take inspiration from other countries but it cannot merely imitate them
A majority built on sand
Keir Starmer should not feel too triumphant — hard times lie ahead
The new Stalinism?
Far left tactics are shifting in a more centralised, disruptive direction
The sincere insincerity of centrism
Politicians cannot but seem like they’re lying even when they genuinely aren’t lying
Europe at the crossroads
The EU elections could see the populist right make significant gains
The war of words over Estonia’s Soviet monuments
Despite three decades of independence, Estonia’s Soviet past is still a cause of division