Richard Ekins
Richard Ekins KC (Hon) is Head of Policy Exchange’s Judicial Power Project and Professor of Law and Constitutional Government in the University of Oxford
Labour can’t get justice right
Deport foreign offenders, yes, but after punishing them
The Chagos Islands deal is even worse than it looks
It could have horrific environmental consequences
The Leadbeater Bill is not limited enough
The Bill must be amended to disapply the Human Rights Act 1998
The Rwanda Bill and the rule of law
Our constitutional tradition strictly separates international law from domestic law
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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
The decline of British food culture
The products of social media virality and high street homogenisation leave the ambitious diner as cold as a neglected jacket potato
The misfits of Middagh Street
What a bunch: gifted and impossible to live with
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
