The news that the BNP has conceded the need to change its constitution in the face of legal action by the EHRC represents a brilliant victory for the equality watchdog and its legal director, John Wadham. I take my […]

Both Pub Philosopher and Paul Waugh have noticed something about the Equality Bill: the government’s explanatory note to clause 10 (scroll up the page for the note), which defines “belief” for the purposes of preventing discrimination on […]

The National Executive Committee has decided not to issue nomination form for the leadership of the Labour Party: the BBC has the story, and Guido Fawkes gives us the text of the press release. And very interesting it […]

I’ve blogged often enough before about the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, its requirements in relation to political donations and the offences that can be committed under it. And as I explained yesterday in Consilio’s audio […]

There are two of them.

First, Ward v PSNI, in which the Lords ruled that it was lawful, under the Terrorism Act 2000, for a judge considering an extension of detention, so that the police could […]