Surely Boris's limitation is that he's only a salesman. With Cummings or some other hard bastard in the back room pulling the le(a)vers which actually make things happen and steam-rollering obstacles… (View Post)

Forgive me if the point has already been made (it's a long thread and I'm late to it), but I'm very much for having prime ministers who understand what a law is. It would certainly make a refreshing … (View Post)

And a great example of the BBC's involvement (in a bit of branding/software/supporting material) leveraging its brand power to a mass market to benefit the UK. It still collaborates on (and funds to … (View Post)

Two things there: 1. The BBC is funding 165 reporter gigs at local papers across the country, generating a lot of what used to be their core content (local councils and courts etc) as a shareable age… (View Post)

The test is did the act of publication cause a "substantial risk of serious prejudice". That risk is clearly less in a non-jury trial - and you're right judges are trusted to be better than… (View Post)