I would hazard a guess that they understand the law better than most people who comment on this blog, but that neither makes them infallible, not does it make it unreasonable to discuss their judgeme… (View Post)

The court has concluded that PA committed acts of terrorism so I can't understand it's conclusion that proscription was unlawful. I wouldn't have described any of PA's acts as ter… (View Post)

So the Court appears to have invented a test of scale that doesn't appear in statute. That does look like overreach. (View Post)

The courts exist to adjudicate on matters of law. So, unless the last gives ministers an unqualified power to proscribe organisations then it will always be for the courts to adjudicate if a minister… (View Post)

The Trump administration has been a big test for Europe and Europe has flunked it. European politicians are still going around saying that Europe can't defend itself without the US, rather than … (View Post)