Gordon Brown’s conference speech yesterday gripped the nation, obviously – if you want to know what I thought of it politically, have a look at my other blog. A couple of constitutional and legal points emerged from it too, […]

Lord Lester, writing in the Guardian today, explains why he resigned as the government’s independent adviser on constitutional change. I have some sympathy for Lord Lester – he had the experience (that many civil servants have had) of finding […]

The Equality Bill published yesterday does quite a lot of things: it aims to replace existing discrimination law on sex, race, age and so on, and update it, harmonising the protection given to each “protected characteristic”, which in many […]

I’ve consistently argued that ministers, not the police, should be the focus of scrutiny in the Greengate/Galleygate affair. The initial controversy was about the arrest of Damian Green, and search of his office: that’s of course the first any of […]

The more you reflect on Greengate/Galleygate, the more serious it seems. The charge laid by Damian Green is that ministers have acted in an authoritarian manner; understandably from his point of view he sees that as illustrating this government’s instincts.

So now we know that no charges will be brought against either Damian Green or Christopher Galley. Here is the CPS statement explaining its decision.

The real point about this scandal is not the conduct of the police […]

Later this morning I expect the CPS to announce that they will not prosecute either Damian Green or Chris Galley for misconduct in public office or conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office. Readers of this blog will […]

The Guardian today has a story about Lord Lester’s disgust and disappointment as Labour’s human rights record. Oh, well. You’ll remember he resigned as a government adviser last month.

I doubt the government is all that heartbroken […]

An anonymous commenter has drawn my attention to the police’s letter to the Home Secretary explaining the business about search warrants: here it is, and the letter is also reproduced on the BBC News website.

I’ve got […]

I’m distinctly unimpressed by the Speaker’s statement on Greengate-Galleygate, as are Iain Dale, Guido Fawkes and Fraser Nelson.

The question of warrants is a red herring. The only issue is whether the arrest was