This week, the papers have reported the death of Russian businessman, Alexander Perepilichny, in Weybridge, months after he gave evidence in a Swiss money-laundering case linked to the biggest tax fraud in Russian history. The case remains ‘unexplained’ and subject to investigation by the police. It is too early to jump to any conclusions. Yet, […]
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On Thursday, Lord Justice Leveson will publish his report on press standards. This will trigger a substantive Parliamentary debate on whether or not to engage in full-blown statutory regulation of the media. In advance of the report - and obviously his conclusions and recommendations will merit close consideration and scrutiny - I have written a […]
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Parliament is getting a fresh opportunity to debate and decide the vexed question of whether we give prisoners the vote following the ruling of the Strasbourg Court. I debated the issue with Shami Chakrabati on the Daily Politics show today. You can watch it here.
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My apologies for the period of silence on this blog. Last week, Erika and I celebrated the arrival of our first child, Peter. Both mum and son are doing very well. I have taken some time off but normal service will be resumed shortly!
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