The gratuitous insults might have made those behind her feel a bit better, but with zero political impact, as you say. The most convincing part of the speech was the closing section with its attempt … (View Post)

I was once in Barts for a week of tests at scheduled intervals, and during the hours in between used to go over the road to the Old Bailey and sit in on some trials. That was an insight into a rarifi… (View Post)

I'm strongly in favour of jury trials, tempered only by my experience of once having done it. (View Post)

History offers plenty of parallel, or at least proximate, case studies from which the attentive might learn. (View Post)

Freedman's conclusion: Barring unexpected scandals or disasters Starmer and Reeves should now be safe until the May local elections, giving themselves time to shore up support. But the cost of c… (View Post)