ECHR

The case for an independent Kent

9 August 2025 9:00 am

I’m just back from Vancouver, where I was speaking at a fundraiser for the Free Speech Union of Canada. At…

The High Court’s war on truth

26 July 2025 9:00 am

In Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass, Humpty-Dumpty tells Alice: ‘When I use a word, it means just what I choose…

Sack the judges

19 April 2025 9:00 am

The population of the United Kingdom was increased this week by the arrival of two Albanian lesbians who have been…

Debunking the myths about the ECHR

15 March 2025 9:00 am

This year the European Convention on Human Rights and its Strasbourg court are 75 years old – the age at…

Leaving the ECHR won’t fix Britain’s immigration chaos

2 November 2024 9:00 am

If you tuned into the Tory party leadership race, you will have heard rather a lot about the European Convention…

Ruled out

30 September 2023 9:00 am

What’s to stop us leaving the ECHR?

Europe’s human rights judges are right not to ban compulsory vaccines

9 April 2021 10:29 pm

If you think public health authorities in England are overbearing, spare a thought for the Czechs. Parents who fail to…

Laying down the law

27 June 2015 9:00 am

A great test of political leadership is how well you deal with vested interests on your own side. In his…

If the Tories win the election, the Gove gamble will have paid off

19 July 2014 9:00 am

‘There’s no shame in a cabinet to win the next election,’ declared an exasperated senior No. 10 figure on Tuesday…