You seem to be a similar position to the young men who were eager to be sent to the trenches during the early years of WW1. Enthusiasm untempered by knowledge can be very dangerous. (View Post)

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 during both… (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)