The extent to which the judiciary in any country is genuinely independent in any country is a key question, and our system probably comes as close as any. But I doubt a truly independent judiciary ex… (View Post)

The French police procedural TV series 'Spiral' is interesting from that respect, focusing as it does on the way the French system works and the interplay between the police and the judge d… (View Post)

It's the Reform voters' figures that stand out. Perhaps less surprising if you reframe the issue as a matter of tradition. (View Post)

It’s hard to see how the Sharia Law wing and the ‘trans should be compulsory’ lot are going to forge any sort of viable political organisation out of YP, despite the initial enthusiasm? That people w… (View Post)

MI9 was formed in late 1940 as a result of conversations during 1939 with servicemen who had escaped during the First World War. It was a department of thw War Office intended to train servicemen in … (View Post)