Holding Government to account – it’s time to stop the power grab
“If elected on 12 December”, I wrote on 26 November 2019 in my blog The Tory manifesto – an Executive ‘power grab’ – we have been warned" will a new Tory government unleash an attack on some of the democratic traditions we have taken for granted for many years? After...
Illness forces Assange to miss court hearing
Julian Assange was too ill to attend the latest court hearing in his extradition case at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 1 June. The hearing which is described as procedural, heard from Julian’s barrister, Edward Fitzgerald QC that his client did not appear by video...
‘A truly dreadful deal’ – don’t let Julian be its next victim
On 23 January in an adjournment debate in the House of Commons on the UK-US Extradition Agreement, David Davies, the Conservative MP for Haltemprice and Howden opened as follows: “Since we agreed the UK-US extradition treaty in 2003, it has been abundantly clear that...