MPs should get a say on Starmer’s trade deals
Sir Keir Starmer has been busy talking up his trade deals with the US and India, while also planning ‘reset’…
Could Starmer’s ‘return hubs’ work?
Yesterday, following the publication of Labour’s immigration white paper, Sir Keir Starmer tried to pull a rabbit out of the…
Can we go back to calling terfs ‘women’ now?
In a landmark judgment, after years of controversy, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in the case of For…
Will Hamas’s human rights challenge succeed?
Yesterday, it was reported by the Daily Telegraph that British lawyers, acting on behalf of Hamas, were threatening to bring…
Parliament will be relieved Philip Green has lost his human rights case
In a decision that will be welcomed by many in Parliament today, the European Court of Human Rights dismissed a…
Britain has little influence over Israel’s war in Gaza
As the world focused its attention on a possible peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, it might have been easy…
How to fix our immigration laws
Almost every day there seem to be new headlines about abuses of the asylum and immigration system. The latest involves the…
Labour’s cynical House of Lords reform
This week, the House of Commons is focusing its attention on proposed reforms to the House of Lords. MPs backed…
How strong are the safeguards in the assisted dying bill?
After a long wait, Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying legislation – the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – was published overnight, ahead of…
What Robert Jenrick gets wrong about the ECHR
Last night, during his first debate with Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick was keen to highlight his flagship policy on exiting the ECHR,…
Has the UK Supreme Court been a success?
Today marks the 15th anniversary of the UK Supreme Court. When it opened its doors in 2009, it was argued that…
Owen Paterson must regret his appeal to the European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights has thrown out a challenge by former cabinet minister Owen Paterson. The ex-Tory MP,…
Starmer shouldn’t rush to copy Meloni’s Albania migrant plan
One of the first things Keir Starmer did on entering Downing Street in July was to abandon the previous government’s…
The Apple case is a huge win for the European Commission
Apple must pay €13 billion (£11 billion) in unpaid taxes, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled, bringing to…
What is the point of David Lammy’s partial arms embargo on Israel?
The government has suspended 30 (out of around 350) arms export licences to Israel. The Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, acknowledged that the ban…
Should extreme misogyny be labelled terrorism?
The Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has reportedly ‘ordered a review’ of Britain’s counter-extremism strategy. According to the Daily Telegraph, she…
Israel needs to get out of the Gaza war
As the war in Gaza drags on into its eleventh month, and the conflict risks expanding into a regional war…
Labour’s plan for the Lords looks unwise
Labour’s plans for Lords reform, announced during the King’s Speech this morning, do not come as a great surprise. It…
What would a Labour landslide mean for parliament?
As Rishi Sunak faces electoral oblivion today, his final gambit before polling day is to threaten voters with the risk…
Remainers are going to be disappointed in Labour
Labour’s election manifesto has been criticised by many commentators for being too vague; like a ‘choose your own adventure’ book which would allow the…
Why Rishi Sunak can’t weaponise the ECHR
One of the major themes of the current election campaign is the attempt by Rishi Sunak to draw a dividing…
The ICJ’s Rafah ruling is unwelcome and unwise
Yesterday afternoon, in a striking move, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UN’s top court, ordered Israel to stop military operations in Rafah…
Could Northern Ireland become a migrant sanctuary?
Yesterday, the High Court in Belfast dealt a blow to the government when it struck down several provisions in the…
Why a disabled pedestrian had her cyclist manslaughter conviction quashed
A woman who shouted and waved at a cyclist, causing her to fall in front of a car, has had…
The Rwanda Bill won’t survive contact with reality
After significant wrangling in parliament, the government has finally passed its Rwanda Bill – while managing to resist any significant new…
