Geoffrey Robertson
Mr Gove, Here Is Our Statute of Liberty
The European Convention is no longer fit for purpose. It is time for the Lord Chancellor to enshrine our freedoms in British law
A British Bill Of Rights
Geoffrey Robertson drafts a Statute of Liberty
Put British Jihadis on Trial in British Courts
We owe it to the world to prosecute home-grown war criminals of Islamic State here — not to deny them entry and their victims justice
We Can Have a Free Press and Justice Too
The real threat to liberty is not Leveson but the Coalition’s own Defamation Bill—yet it is not too late to make a sensible amendment
A Free Press Means to Publish and be Damned
Our most cherished liberty is up for grabs at the Leveson inquiry, but it cannot be entrusted to a new tribunal to muzzle newspapers
Why We Need a British Bill of Rights
The weasel words of the European Convention are undermining our ancient liberties. David Cameron is right to demand reform
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal