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  • I haven't read the Telegraph article, for obvious reasons, but apparently the opinion in question dates back to 1987. And while I'm no expert on the ECHR, I have been required to deal with ECHR arguments in the course of my professional practice, and I'd say it's obviously complete bollocks. To use the technical legal terminology.

  • The idea that the supreme court could rule that an act of parliament is unlawful (which is what the school VAT thing will become) is deeply undemocratic.

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