12/12/2025
'Lammy claims a deeper understanding of Magna Carta than his critics. He seems to have missed the bit about judgment by one’s peers.'
Arrogance run amok. It is the most apt comment to characterise Britain’s justice minister David Lammy’s new understanding of what constitutes justice in England. His new scheme is to deprive many Britons of the right to be judged by 12 of their peers, insisting he has “a superior understanding...