David Lammy
Come together
Some political truths on which we can all agree
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
The English origin of jury trials
Jury trial is not a procedural convenience but an inherited right
Starmer won’t fix the ECHR
Keir Starmer and David Lammy are committing themselves to incompatible ideas
In defence of jury trials
David Lammy’s proposal to abolish trial by jury in all but the most serious cases is wicked and irrational
Out for the count
A blunder so big it overshadowed Lammy’s lack of poppy
Should Reform always rise to the bait?
The insurgent party must show itself capable of self-defence
Atoll protected
Britain has a rock solid defence against the shifty Chagos giveaway
Spare the rod, spoil the wild
The attack on angling is misguided
Rock bottom
Lammy and Picardo have sacrificed sovereignty for almost nothing in return
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
Prosthetic, pathetic, human
Angela de la Cruz’s playful and ghastly art touches a raw nerve
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
Europe’s French nuclear shield?
With the NATO alliance under threat, will
Europe really trust President Macron’s
offer of a pan-EU nuclear deterrent?
Why are doctors special?
Doctors have a lot less to complain about than other workers
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
The online life that steals your soul
Read this book and then stamp on your phone
Gruesome twosomes
Considering culinary mismatches
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester