Cancelled by my barristers’ chambers over a tweet 31st January 202110th May 2021jonholbLeave a comment Cancel culture is a straitjacket on the free expression of ideas, and democracy cannot hope to function when the woke are free to proselytise and their challengers are muzzled.
Should school uniform policy have to accommodate cultural sensitivities? 25th January 202123rd February 2021jonholbLeave a comment School uniform policies should be left to the good sense of headteachers and governors who know how to run their schools for the good of society. But equality law requires these policies to yield to diversity. This is bad for social cohesion and cultural integration.
Taking back control? 29th December 202017th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment Boris Johnson’s trade and cooperation treaty on the post Brexit EU-UK relationship contains clauses that constrain Britain in key aspects of public policy. Britain will only be able to call itself a true democracy when it has a trade deal with the EU that deals solely with trade.
The ISIS Beatles: saved by the Supreme Court? 9th April 202017th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment Britain’s meddling judges are blocking America’s prosecution of the ISIS Beatles. Fettering the prosecution of extremists is a surefire way of turning the people against the law.
Identity politics vs the wisdom of the crowd 24th March 202017th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment Douglas Murray’s The Madness of Crowds provides a compelling take-down of the woke left.
The Heathrow decision is an affront to democracy 3rd March 202017th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment The law has become a friend of climate-change activists and an enemy of the people.
The law is undermining the fight against terror 25th February 202017th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment Counter-terror initiatives keep getting thwarted by human-rights law. Terrorists are empowered to use the sword of human rights to defeat the shield of public safety.
Maya Forstater: a champion of democracy 23rd December 201917th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment It is unacceptable for the law to denounce Forstater’s views on sex as ‘not worthy of respect’. She is a true champion of democracy, and the Tribunal’s dismissal of her case highlights the extent to which the law has become a menace to the institution it is supposed to uphold: democracy.
Boris’s Brexit ‘deal’ won’t take back control 21st October 201917th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment Brexit has been derailed by a political class that will not accept the impulse behind it. The British people voted to take back control — they should settle for nothing less.
Why democracy must reign supreme 26th September 201917th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment Supreme Court judges have no right to rule on political matters. Their decision to rule the prorogation of parliament unlawful is an affront to democracy.
Jon Holbrook 