18th January 2025 The final piece of evidence which shows, on balance, that it was not intended as a serious legal letter * So far this blog (here and here) has provided an immediate close reading of the libel letter sent by the former Prime Minister to the current Prime Minister, and yesterday it set out a … Continue reading A third and final post about the ‘Lettuce before Action’ of Elizabeth Truss

17th January 2025 Before we start, the “lettuce before action” (for “letter before action”) line has been taken from the estimable Paul Magrath, whose weekly legal email is a must-read. I really wish I had thought of the line for last week’s post. * The post last week provided a quick close reading of the gloriously bad libel letter sent on behalf of … Continue reading Why the Truss “lettuce before action” is worse than you thought – and it has a worrying implication for free speech

16th January 2025 Over at Prospect, for this my “weekly constitutional” post I have done something on why the ultimate fault for Trump not being held to account for what he did on 6 January four years ago is not with the failed, now effectively out-of-time prosecution, but with the fact it was not dealt with properly by the Senate … Continue reading Of Indictments and Impeachments, and of Donald Trump – two similar words for two distinct things