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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....
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
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 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
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...
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...
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...