Class war in the upper house
The end of the Lords’ ancient
right to resolve peerage disputes
is the latest casualty of Labour’s
constitutional vandalism
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
The man who ended overreach
Lord Reed’s tenure as president of the Supreme Court has been admired by those who value the stability of the law
International law, what is it good for?
International law should not be the sole guide to foreign policy
Welcome to cut-price justice
David Lammy’s claim that his quest to abolish jury trial is driven by faith is grotesque. The real reason is to save money.n
Should we blow up drug boats?
The US government has killed almost 100 people in its attacks on small vessels
Rough justice in the criminal appeals system
Mooted reforms would lead to more appeals — and cost more money
Cloak of invisibility
The puzzling case of the Afghan fighters and the Government’s secret super-injunction
Hollow “decolonisation”
Chagossian exiles in Crawley are not cheering the annexation of their homeland by Mauritius
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
Suicide of an author’s credibility
Matt Goodwin has done the causes that he represents no favours with his new book
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
Greene around the gills
A truly ghastly gastropub
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
Britain’s mutilated constitution
We must restore the old to build the new
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
The next chapter for The Critic
A request — and an opportunity!