I can’t quite believe the extent of my disagreement with David Pannick’s article in today’s Times, the title of which suggests it may be about immigration, but which is actually about the government’s planned “British bill of […]

I’m not long back from attending today’s protest opposite Downing Street. There were a couple of hundred people, mainly Muslim League supporters it seemed, at least judging by the flag and noise quotient, though there were also supporters of […]

I’m delighted that representatives of lawyers throughout the world are supporting the protests led by their counterparts against martial law in Pakistan. The American Bar Association and our own Law Society and Bar Council have written to General […]

A few days ago I missed the news that the police will be taking no action in respect of the Nan Goldin photo taken from the Baltic in Gateshead.

How amazing!

I did suggest this was […]

I can’t go to today’s protest as it turns out, but since I’ve just been reading Popper (see how intellectual this blog is?) I thought I’d share with you some words of his about the choice between democracy and tyranny […]

In my last post, I missed out a link to Pakistan United – it’s a forum for organising action in support of the protests in Pakistan, and you can register there and Cheap Jerseys find out […]

I thought it might help if I posted a couple of links to Pakistani blogs giving some coverage of the “emergency”. I mentioned Chapati Mystery in an earlier post; there’s also Pakistan Politics, Pakistaniat.com and last but […]

Pakistan’s sacked (twice sacked by Musharraf, if I remember right) Chief Justice Chaudhry has called, according to the BBC, for lawyers and the wider public in Pakistan to rise up to force the restoration of the constitution.

It’s […]

The Pakistani blog Chapati Mystery has a report of today’s protest from Rizwan Quraishi, who’s also posted photos on flickr.

This sums it up quite well.