On Law
We should hail the cab-rank rule
The principle that barristers should accept any brief is all too easily sidestepped
Let the people decide
Libel actions once heard by juries are now exclusively tried by judges alone
Legal laughs
Legal “humour” is seldom more than mildly amusing
Shifting the goalposts on Israel
A partisan report distorts the law as well as the facts on the Palestinian question
Rooms with a view
Will the law protect owners of high-rise flats from happy-snapping tourists?
The very long arm of the law
It would be wrong to give British citizens more protection from extradition than foreigners
Redefining the rule of law
How much will MPs allow the Lord Chancellor to “rebalance” the constitution?
Dead and buried
Why has a much-needed review into coroner’s services been shelved?
An affront to justice
New safeguards are needed after the Post Office acted as investigator and prosecutor
The case against climate change
Campaigners are using the courts to challenge states and utilities on greenhouse gases
Most Read
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
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
The student loan debate misses the real question
Degrees should be less essential but more valuable
Profile: Allan Massie
The recently deceased Scots journalist and author
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
Discontent down under
Populism is now a significant part of Australian politics
Mahmood music
Shabana Mahmood’s asylum reforms are a lot less tough than they sound
UnappEaling comedy
A “loose, loose reimagining” of Kind Hearts And Coronets does not really work
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration