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Andrew Tettenborn

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The Green party’s transport plan is pure madness

As you may have noticed, we’ve seen rather more wokery than greenery from the Green party since Zack Polanski took the helm. If you’re wondering...

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The Chagos deal is unraveling

We don’t know what the end of the Chagos affair will be, but it is rapidly spinning into farce. The latest brickbat is an immensely awkward judgment...

01.04.2026 9

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The Chagos deal is unravelling

We don’t know what the end of the Chagos affair will be, but it is rapidly spinning into farce. The latest brickbat is an immensely awkward judgment...

31.03.2026 10

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A migration U-turn would bury the Labour party

Immigration has come back to bite the government big time. Shabana Mahmood’s sage campaign to set up Labour as the party of effective immigration...

22.03.2026 10

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Reform is right to take on the civil service blob

Last week Reform UK scandalised Whitehall. If they take power, they said, they would take a hard look at the top civil servants they inherited, and if...

16.03.2026 10

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The EU’s honours list is a sham

The European Union now has its very own honours list, grandly named the European Order of Merit – with gongs dished out to Bono and Angela Merkel....

12.03.2026 10

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Don’t blame the ECHR for the migrant phone debacle

Yet another immigration and human rights story scandalised the right-leaning press yesterday. Thirty-odd arrivals who came by boat in 2020 have,...

17.02.2026 30

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Banning drill music from court would be a mistake

11.02.2026 20

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Law and disorder / Palestine Action and the limits of jury justice

07.02.2026 10

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Palestine Action and the limits of jury justice

07.02.2026 10

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Juries from home would be more trouble than they're worth

01.02.2026 30

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How not to fix British art

27.01.2026 20

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Farage’s defection deadline could make a Tory-Reform pact more likely

21.01.2026 20

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What does Bridget Phillipson have against free speech?

20.01.2026 20

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The Fuad Awale case shows what's wrong with the ECHR

02.01.2026 10

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Is this finally the end of non-crime hate incidents?

24.12.2025 20

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The Church of England's gay marriage row will rumble on

17.12.2025 10

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The worrying flaws in Lammy’s plan to cut jury trials

02.12.2025 10

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Crime and punishment / There are some crimes where only a jury can ensure justice

29.11.2025 10

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There are some crimes where only a jury can ensure justice

29.11.2025 10

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Now Britain must quit the ECHR

17.11.2025 8

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More asylum hotel protests are inevitable

11.11.2025 8

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Who cares if the Huntingdon train hero is an immigrant?

06.11.2025 10

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The rise of anti-democratic human rights

04.11.2025 10

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Human rights scepticism is now mainstream

31.10.2025 10

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Non-crime hate incidents aren’t dead yet

22.10.2025 10

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Lawfare / Human rights busybodies should keep out of the trans toilet row

15.10.2025 10

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Badenoch’s ECHR pledge could be the start of a Tory revival

06.10.2025 10

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Labour’s leave to remain overhaul is thin gruel

30.09.2025 10

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Deploying the military won’t stop illegal migration

21.09.2025 10

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Trump / Deploying the military won’t stop illegal migration

20.09.2025 10

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One in, one out / Labour is in a migration trap of its own making

16.09.2025 20

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Lord Hermer is dangerously wrong about the ECHR

12.09.2025 10

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The English countryside isn’t ‘racist’

03.09.2025 10

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Lawfare / The Epping hotel ruling is a victory – and a defeat – for Labour

30.08.2025 10

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The Epping hotel ruling is a victory – and a defeat – for Labour

29.08.2025 10

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The real significance of Farage’s deportation plan

26.08.2025 9

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Starmer is dodging the real asylum battle

25.08.2025 20

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The Epping tipping point

20.08.2025 10

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The US is right to warn Britain about its free speech record

13.08.2025 10

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Labour is going to have to leave the ECHR

11.08.2025 10

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Starmer will regret his ‘one in, one out’ migrant deal

06.08.2025 10

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Starmer must not kotow to the ICJ on climate change

28.07.2025 10

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Defining moment / Kemi has fallen into the Islamophobia trap

28.07.2025 10

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What Suella Braverman’s plan for quitting the ECHR gets right

21.07.2025 10

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The flaw in the CofE’s £150 million victims’ fund

16.07.2025 20

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Francesca Albanese is insufferable, but don’t sanction her

11.07.2025 10

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International law / Keir Starmer needs a new attorney general

23.06.2025 10

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How the ‘experts’ got the grooming gang scandal so wrong

22.06.2025 20

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