Tuesday, October 13, 2009
October 13, 2009
Remember Geert Wilders? Back in February the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith excluded him from the UK because of his views on Islam. I wrote at the time that the decision was unlawful; an afterthought simply confirmed my view. I did an interview about the case with Charon QC, too, explaining my view and expressing the [...]
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October 13, 2009
Charon QC interviewed me this afternoon about the “Guardian gag” affair – the attempt by Carter-Ruck solicitors to prevent publication of reports of a parliamentary question by Paul Farrelly MP. I think some blogger’s references to the Bill of Rights 1689 is over the top – the Bill of Rights protects Parliamentary debates themselves from [...]
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