The problem is we don't know from the article the scale of the issue. The £1.2bn over 13 years is the £15bn in the headline (I think). Annoyingly, that includes several years before the change i… (View Post)

He may argue that his being held in custody wasn't lawful, which is one of the elements. That is very unlikely to succeed as it's still pretty obviously lawful custody even if he's acq… (View Post)

Eric Gill is, of course, a pretty famous example of this problem. He wasn't Hitler, clearly, but was an appalling human being who should have been jailed for his actions. Yet there is no denying… (View Post)

I'd actually be slightly more inclined to bet on this than I was last week. In general, Sunak's strategy has been to calm things down after the turbulence of the Johnson and Truss Premiersh… (View Post)

I'm no fan of Goldsmith for various reasons, and he has other reasons than his principles for trying to undermine Sunak. But I think, in fairness, that his environmentalist credentials long pred… (View Post)