What is the reason behind the cancellation of a speech this month by the attorney general, Lord Hermer? In this week’s column, Roger Smith, former director of JUSTICE, investigates a mysterious absence and delves into the grey area between politics and law.
He looks at Lord Hermer’s and Sir Keir Starmer’s recent utterings regarding the rule of law and human rights. He ponders whether government ought not to talk the talk about maintaining the rule of law as well as walking the walk. Otherwise, as with a tree that falls in a forest, who notices?
Smith writes: ‘If a state adheres to the rule of law, what value does it have if the state does not explain itself?’RELATED ARTICLES
