The focus on individual traders like Colston means lawyers are out of sight—but they facilitated the trade

No medical or other crisis should be reason for the executive to be given absolute power

Government by jackboot

Call this out for what it is: an executive power project

Knee-jerk law and order policies are no substitute for resources and dedication

The two Gina Miller cases ensured constitutional principle was upheld

The Queen’s Speech shows threats to a balanced constitution are noise not substance

Dicey produced the nearest the UK has had to a constitution written down in one book. His ongoing influence is remarkable—and detrimental

Technology has changed the nature of campaigns yet regulation has not kept up

The Victorians and Edwardians worked out the ground rules of the politics of their day. Our own times require us to be similarly bold