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Not a religion, just the left at its best
Professor Biggar’s claim that Labour’s attitude to international law is a “religion” is peculiar and wrong
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In praise of popularisers
Universities are in trouble. But one problem they face is that not enough people outside understand what they do.
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The Government's PIP review - a technical but important point
The Labour government’s Green Paper on reform to welfare benefits has generated a range of reactions.
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The Policy Exchange Paper on the Attorney General’s New Legal Risk Guidelines: Excited Adjectives, Unpersuasive Analysis
One of the best lessons I was given by my pupil supervisors in drafting written submissions was to go back and review the use of every adjective.
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How the Labour Government, and others, should respond to Musk
Elon Musk's use of his X platform to promote murderous voices of hate is unacceptable. One way of fighting back would be to try to break the…
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Why removing the remaining hereditary peers from Parliament isn’t ‘constitutional wrangling’.
Thoughts on the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill, announced in the King’s Speech.
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Errors of youth?
The European Commission’s proposal on youth mobility shows the kinds of challenges Labour will face in government in dealing with the EU: how should it…
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Thoughts on UK and EU law, politics and government and how they all relate to each other. The law will mainly be from my practice areas (regulation; public law; trade and EU-related): the politics will be broadly Labour.
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