There is no point in critics of our activist judiciary kicking off about today’s Supreme Court’s decision that the government’s Rwanda policy is unlawful.
This isn’t a case of ‘lefty lawyers’ thwarting honest politicians, but of incompetent politicians seeking to wish away the United Kingdom’s international treaty obligations without having the bottle to withdraw from them.
This PM promised to do ‘whatever it takes’ to stop the boats and yet has failed to do so
More precisely, it wholly vindicates Suella Braverman’s accusation of Rishi Sunak engaging in ‘magical thinking’ when rejecting her advice to push through more radical legal changes.
The judgment, read aloud by Supreme Court President Lord Reed this morning, was devastating and clearly based on a learned reading of international law as it stands – rather than on contrivances born out of liberal political biases. As someone often up for a bit of liberal judge-bashing, it grieves me to say this.
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