The horrific death of George Floyd has shone a spotlight on police brutality in America. For years there has been a powerful, underlying force which has enabled officers to escape accountability following police brutality. That force is the police unions. Like other unions, they exist to protect the rights and wellbeing of its members; they […]
In Woolmington v. DPP (1935), Viscount Sankey articulated the presumption of innocence as the ‘one golden thread’ running through the criminal justice system. On 22 October 2018, Australian prime minister Scott Morrison apologised in Parliament to thousands of victims of institutional child sex abuse and added: “I believe you, we believe you, your country believes […]
With the support of the Atlas Network, CapX is publishing a series of essays, podcasts and interviews on the theme of Illiberalism in Europe, looking at the different threats to liberal economies and societies across the continent, from populism to protectionism and corruption. https://media.acast.com/capx/freeexchange-shouldwelegalisedrugs-/media.mp3 For the latest instalment of Free Exchange we’re talking about recreational […]
As more details of the background of Usman Khan are released, the more ridiculous the build-up to last Friday’s deadly terrorist attack appears to the broader British public. Usman Khan was convicted for being part of a terror plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange, and also planned to establish a terrorist military training facility […]
With news of the Chief Rabbi’s indictment of Labour, it’s worth remembering that the party is under investigation for institutional anti-Semitism by the Equality and Human Rights Commission – the British legal regulator and enforcer of the Equality Act and guardian of the Human Rights Acts. I know the organisation well, having joined as Chief […]
Last week, back-of-a-fag-packet calculations disclosed that I’ve written about thirty thousand words on Brexit for various outlets — locally, in the US, and in Australia. Quite apart from revealing that the definition of Hell is re-fighting 2016’s referendum for all eternity, writing this much made it clear that Brexit is hard. Not only to achieve […]
What sort of Conservative is Boris Johnson? Is he a liberal, metropolitan optimist, capable of carrying the Tory standard into parts of London increasingly turned off by the Party? Or is he the keeper of the Brexit flame, forging a new Conservative coalition with working-class Leave voters in the North and Midlands? Or is he […]
As you may have heard, on 24 September the Supreme Court decided that the Prime Minister unlawfully advised Her Majesty to prorogue Parliament between 10 September and 14 October, on the grounds that this was an unreasonably long period to achieve the Government’s declared aim of preparing for a new Queen’s Speech. This is the latest […]
Today the Supreme Court will retire to consider whether the Prime Minister misled the Queen and unlawfully prorogued Parliament. Whether you think this will be the climax of ‘the trial of the century’ or a full stop to an interminably long legal sentence, the ruling will reveal much about the usually hidden mechanisms of our […]
On Saturday, I, along with thousands of others will descend on Mudchute Park and Farm for the third cross-party Big Tent Ideas Festival. I’ll be there alongside colleagues from all political parties, think tanks, businesses, charities, interest groups and many more. I am particularly excited to be talking about one of my passions – prison […]
Last October Canada legalised the recreational use of cannabis after having first permitted its use for medical purposes in 2001. The new rules mean, with slight provincial variations, that an individual is allowed to possess up to 30 grams, own up to four cannabis plants for recreational purposes and buy cannabis from a licensed retailer. […]
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