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 […]

I’m grateful to John Bolch at Family Lore for pointing out that Lord Lester’s Cohabitation Bill has its second reading in the Lords today. Lord Lester’s proposal, supported by Resolution, is aimed at protecting people who’ve lived […]

The extension of bail for Christopher Galley and Damian Green, is, according to the CPS, to enable them to “resolve issues of Parliamentary privilege”.

It’ll be a pity if this renews the hopeless debate about the entirely […]

Here we go again. It only seems ten minutes since I was exasperated by the Damian Green affair, specifically the way MPs, media and blogs all focused quite wrongly on the extremely lawful and proper search of Damian Green’s Westminster […]

It’s going to be… Dominic Grieve. Still. In addition to his post as shadow Justice secretary.

As I’ve commented at Iain Dale’s Diary, I suppose it makes sense in a way for Justice and the shadow Attorney’s […]

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

The Damian Green affair obviously dominates today’s opening of Parliament – and so it should. For once, Parliament’s grand gaudy show coincides with a chance for it to really show what it can do: hold government to account, express the […]

I profoundly disagree with Unity’s article yesterday about the Damian Green business at Liberal Conspiracy. I think in his loyalty to the Labour government he’s allowed his re-reaction to the Conservative reaction to this affair to spill […]

My former lecturing colleague, the Guardian’s new legal correspondent Afua Hirsch, has written today at Comment is Free about the Green/Galley affair – she doesn’t think it’s likely to go anywhere – and the line between whistleblowing and misconduct.