There’s No Pleasing Some People

There’s No Pleasing Some People

“If their utopia came into being they would still find something to complain about. There is no pleasing some people regardless of rosette colour....
Be tired by jury not the state

When the Law Itself Stands Trial

Jury Equity in the UK In Britain we speak of being judged by “a jury of our peers.” On the surface, this means that...

A Warning to My Children and Grandchildren

Yesterday, I rode 250 miles to Dungeness — a place that feels like the end of the world. A vast shingle desert, with the...

Mission Creep: How Online Safety Laws Became Global Censorship Tools

When governments first began pushing “online safety” legislation, the justification was clear and hard to oppose: protect children from predators, stop cyberbullying, and crack...
Never Plead Guilty

Never Plead Guilty

The First Act of Defiance The first act of defiance against tyranny is simple: never plead guilty. If recent cases have shown us anything,...
what if the UK stayed out of WWII

What If Britain Had Stayed Neutral in WWII?

It remains one of the great counterfactuals of modern history. In 1939, Britain chose to fight. It guaranteed Poland, sent an expeditionary force to...
THE HUMAN/AI BILL OF COEXISTENCE

The Human/AI Bill of Coexistence

Selling a Future Worth Living In Pandora’s Box Is Open By 2050, humanity and AI have reached a strange kind of harmony. Machines handle...

When a Bad Judgment Becomes a Future Defence

The acquittal of Labour councillor Ricky Jones — who on video made a throat-slitting gesture and declared that far-right protesters should have their throats...
Labour councillor Ricky Jones

Two Cases, One Country, Two Systems of Justice

Sometimes you don’t need to dig through centuries of legal history to see bias — you just need to put two recent cases side...
Once they policed with our consent — now they police with our contempt.

From Consent to Contempt

The Shift in UK Policing There was a time when the British bobby walked the beat by public consent — trusted to uphold the...