It will be interesting to see how the new Supreme Court goes about its business. With Nick Phillips as its president (er, sorry, that should be the Rt Hon Lord Phillips of Worth Maltravers as Lord Chief Justice) we have a top judge with apparently impeccable credentials as a reforming, radical liberal. In my humble opinion he did an excellent job on the BSE inquiry. History may yet judge the establishment of the Supreme Court, and the abolition of the old Law Lords' function in the House of Lords, as one of the Labour government's more worthwhile achievements. And with the country allegedly about to fall under the thrall of a bunch of toffee-nosed Old Etonions, the stage is set for some classic State vs Legislature punch-ups. Maybe not quite in the same visceral "class war" context of Lord Denning telling the poor they should pay more to travel by tube.......but I live in hope.
Sunday 4 October 2009
Jail the rich
It will be interesting to see how the new Supreme Court goes about its business. With Nick Phillips as its president (er, sorry, that should be the Rt Hon Lord Phillips of Worth Maltravers as Lord Chief Justice) we have a top judge with apparently impeccable credentials as a reforming, radical liberal. In my humble opinion he did an excellent job on the BSE inquiry. History may yet judge the establishment of the Supreme Court, and the abolition of the old Law Lords' function in the House of Lords, as one of the Labour government's more worthwhile achievements. And with the country allegedly about to fall under the thrall of a bunch of toffee-nosed Old Etonions, the stage is set for some classic State vs Legislature punch-ups. Maybe not quite in the same visceral "class war" context of Lord Denning telling the poor they should pay more to travel by tube.......but I live in hope.
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